TY - JOUR
T1 - Herbal medicine
T2 - Beneficial effects, side effects, and promising new research in the treatment of arrhythmias
AU - Stout, C. William
AU - Weinstock, Jonathan
AU - Homoud, Munther K.
AU - Wang, Paul J.
AU - Estes, N. A.Mark
AU - Link, Mark S.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2003/9
Y1 - 2003/9
N2 - Herbal medications and dietary supplements are unregulated in the United States. The use of these medications has dramatically increased over the past decade. Many of these drugs are biologically active, yet physicians are often unaware their patients are using a traditional remedy. Physicians are frequently unfamiliar with the medications being used and the intended effect, as well as the side-effect profiles that accompany them. Recently, some of the herbal mediations that are commonly used in the general population have been shown to be beneficial for the treatment of arrhythmias. Unfortunately, many more have been shown to be detrimental. In this article, the background behind herbal medication and the degree to which herbal medications are being used is reviewed. Herbal medications known to have beneficial effects in the treatment of arrhythmias, as well as those that have known detrimental effects with regard to cardiac arrhythmias, are highlighted. Finally, research that has been done in this field, focusing on those compounds that have been shown to be biologically active in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, are reviewed.
AB - Herbal medications and dietary supplements are unregulated in the United States. The use of these medications has dramatically increased over the past decade. Many of these drugs are biologically active, yet physicians are often unaware their patients are using a traditional remedy. Physicians are frequently unfamiliar with the medications being used and the intended effect, as well as the side-effect profiles that accompany them. Recently, some of the herbal mediations that are commonly used in the general population have been shown to be beneficial for the treatment of arrhythmias. Unfortunately, many more have been shown to be detrimental. In this article, the background behind herbal medication and the degree to which herbal medications are being used is reviewed. Herbal medications known to have beneficial effects in the treatment of arrhythmias, as well as those that have known detrimental effects with regard to cardiac arrhythmias, are highlighted. Finally, research that has been done in this field, focusing on those compounds that have been shown to be biologically active in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, are reviewed.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11886-003-0097-x
DO - 10.1007/s11886-003-0097-x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 12917055
AN - SCOPUS:0642315356
SN - 1523-3782
VL - 5
SP - 395
EP - 401
JO - Current Cardiology Reports
JF - Current Cardiology Reports
IS - 5
ER -