About Authors:
Sharma Monish*, Kumar Bhupender, Bhardwaj Sudeep
Seth G.L Bihani S. D. College of Technical Education,
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Drug Research.
Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan (INDIA)
*monish28sharma@gmail.com
ABSTRACT :
During the recent past, a dramatic rise in the use of herbs and herbal remedies has been witnessed in many parts of the world. While such products had been used with apparent safety in traditional societies for many centuries, when they are being combined with pharmacological agents, posses the possibility of potential interaction between the two groups of substances. In this situation, herb-allopathic drug interaction is an important factor to be measured because there is always a chance to get undesirable therapeutic effect of the prescribed allopathic drug, as like allopathic (prescription) drugs. Herbal medicines also have different pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties which ultimately lead to produce therapeutic responses, but sometimes cause adverse actions and/or drug-herbal interactions. Drug interaction refers to the situation where two or more separate drugs have been absorbed into the body and their effects are affected by each other, i.e. the effects are increased or they produce a new effect that neither produces on its own. The aim of this article is to highlight the interactions between herbal remedies and prescribed drugs.
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