Complementary and Alternative Health Care
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Introduction
- Acupuncture
- Chiropractic
Herbal products affecting drug metabolism or risk of bleeding
garlic
garlic: bleeding: stop 7 days prior
ginko: bleeding; stop 36 hours prior
ginseng: bleeding: lowers blood sugar levels
ecinaeca: impairts immunosuppressive drugs: stop prior to transplantation
St John's wort: alters drugs dependent on CYP450 system
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