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The possible risks of simultaneous use of allopathic or traditional with natural stems from the perception that herbs are harmless or “healthier” or “softer” than allopathic drugs.

However, this belief can generate more than an inconvenience. “The herbal drugs containing active substances as well as traditional medicines, as drug interactions and may have unwanted side effects.

Concurrent use of herbal drugs and allopathic drugs can lead to prescribed therapy does not produce the expected results or adverse events that occur to the patient, “explains Paola Tapia, a teacher at the School of Chemistry and Pharmacy at the U. Andres Bello Chile.

“Although it is commonly found in scientific literature reports of interactions between allopathic drugs, herbal and medicinal plants, there is documented evidence that concomitant use may in some cases alter the blood concentration is expected to achieve with the administration of drugs, leading to see it increased or decreased, “he adds.

“When a drug concentration in the blood reaches higher than therapeutic, we face a greater risk of occurrence of adverse effects and when the plasma is less than desired, the therapy does not achieve the desired effect. For example, There is evidence showing that the concurrent or simultaneous use of herbal drugs containing active substances in garlic and oral anticoagulants, a decrease of plasma concentration of anticoagulant. Likewise, the simultaneous use of St. John’s Wort and certain antidepressants leads to increased plasma concentration of these “, explains the pharmaceutical chemist.

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