Experiment 69343
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Ephedra sinica (EPHEDRACEAE) |
| Citation | BENT,S: TIEDT,TN: ODDEN,MC: SHLIPAK,MG:. (2003). THE RELATIVE SAFETY OF EPHEDRA COMPARED WITH OTHER HERBAL PRODUCTS.. 138() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | TO 140) FOR KAVA TO 720(CI, 520 TO 1100) FOR GINKGO BILOBA. EPHEDRA USE IS ASSOCIATED WITH A GREATLY INCREASED RISK FOR ADVERSE REACTIONS COMPARED WITH OTHER HERBS. TO HERBS IN THE UNITED STATES, YET THESE PRODUCTS REPRESENTED ONLY 0.82% OF HERBAL PRODUCT SALES. THE RELATIVE RISKS FOR AN ADVERSE REACTION IN PERSONS USING EPHEDRA COMPARED WITH OTHER HERBS WERE EXTREMELY HIGH, RANGING FROM 100(95% CI, 83 OTHER HERBS. THIS RISK WAS DEFINED AS THE RATIO OF ADVERSE REACTIONS TO EPHEDRA VERSUS OTHER PRODUCTS, DIVIDED BY THE RATIO OF THEIR RELATIVE USE IN THE UNITED STATES. PRODUCTS CONTAINING EPHEDRA ACCOUNTED FOR 64% OF ALL ADVERSE REACTIONS A STUDY (COMPARATIVE CASE SERIES) TO COMPARE THE RISK FOR ADVERSE EVENTS ATTRIBUTABLE TO EPHEDRA AND OTHER HERBAL PRODUCTS. THE RELATIVE RISK AN D95% CONFIDENCE INTERVAL FOR EXPERIENCING AN ADVERSE REACTION AFTER EPHEDRA USE COMPARED WITH |
| Dose amount | VAR |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | TYPE EXT NOT STATED |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |