What is it about?
Many people are used to administering their drugs with food, beverages or herbs. These substances may contain chemicals that interfere with the prescribed drugs and could potentially lead to changes in their efficacy or safety, and could result in alterations in their pharmacokinetic properties. This work aims to assess the extent of the perception and consumption of food, beverages and herbs alongside conventional drugs, along with their potential interactions, specifically in Jordanian society.
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Why is it important?
• It emphasizes the need to provide training for Jordanian community pharmacists to enhance their patient counseling skills and focus on common food/beverage/herb-drug interactions while serving patients. • It emphasizes the need to provide Continuing Professional Development (CPD) sessions for healthcare providers (i.e. physicians, nurses, pharmacists etc.) to help them build rapport with patients and highlight important food/beverage/herb-drug interactions.
Perspectives
It was a great experience to write this article with the co-authors. Getting an idea about Jordanians behaviors and beliefs towards the use of food, beverages and herbs concomitantly with drugs and what they know knew about the possible interactions was interesting.
Samar Thiab
Applied Science Private University
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This page is a summary of: The perception of Jordanian population towards concomitant administration of food, beverages and herbs with drugs and their possible interactions: A cross‐sectional study, International Journal of Clinical Practice, November 2020, Hindawi Publishing Corporation,
DOI: 10.1111/ijcp.13780.
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