일부 종합병원의 검강검진 수검자들의 한약, 양약 복합투여 = Combined utilization with herbal products and prescribed drugs: A result from health examinee-based national survey

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Recently, there has been prevailing of the combined utilization (CU) with herbs and prescribed drugs in medical therapies in the world. But the information about frequency, efficacy and safety of this CU has not well known in Korea, yet. This study aimed to identify the status of CU by Koreans, and to inquire which side effects of CU represent to those people.
A self-completed questionnaire survey was performed through each health examination center in twenty general hospitals and one oriental hospital. Of the initial 2,100 health examinees, 1,851 were participated in this survey, resulting in a response rate of 88.1%.
The proportion of CU was 26.3%. The most commonly mentioned reason of CU was "to promote general health and well-being" (171 persons, 35.5%). The main route of taking CU was self-purchase at drugstore or at herbs market, followed by the prescription of (oriental)physicians. 33.0% (151 persons) of those who took the CU rated it as effective. 93 respondents (19.8%) were experienced several adverse effects including nausea, fatigue, and dizziness.
The growing simultaneous use of herbal products and pharmaceutical drugs by Korean consumers may be continuously increased the risk of herb-drug interactions. The medical professionals should be provided with comprehensive and up-to-date information about potential benefits and risks of herbs and prescribed drugs. In the future studies it may be recommended to deal common cold, health promotion, indigestion, headache, and hypertension for the effect and safety of the CU by well-organized prospective study design.

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