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VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION AND NATURAL OR HERBAL PRODUCT UTILIZATION AMONG AMBULATORY CLINIC PATIENTS AT A UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

Abstract no :  4-1..4-BP-045
Author(s) :   Lacy, M.K.; Metcalf, S.A.; Reward, P.A.;Webb, M.J.; Backes, J.M.; Blaine, P.J.
Address :   (University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA)
Source :   Pharmacotherapy (ACCP Annual Meeting Abstracts, Oct. 24-27, 1999, Missouri, USA), v. 19(10): p.1204, 1999
Title :  VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION AND NATURAL OR HERBAL PRODUCT UTILIZATION AMONG AMBULATORY CLINIC PATIENTS AT A UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
Abstract :      Of 634 surveys distributed to clinic patients, 315 were returned for a response rate of 50 percent. Respondents were well matched for gender (52 percent female, 48 percent male), 46 percent were greater than 61 years old, and 58percent indicated current use of a vitamin/mineral and/or natural/herbal product. Most products listed by patients were vitamin/mineral supplements (69 percent, 352/511).Regarding natural/herbal therapy, 24 percent (87/357) of patients indicated current use of 57 products with ginseng, ginkgo, and garlic most frequently noted. Most obtain information from physicians, magazines, or friends and the majority spend minus less than SIO/month. HIV patients account for the highest usage rate of natural/herbal products (50 percent, 13/26). Additionally, they spend greater than dollar 75/month more frequently than any other group and are more likely to use the Internet for information. These data show that the majority of ambulatory adults are currently taking a vitamin supplement and/or natural or herbal product.

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