Accidental Castor Oil Seed Poisoning in Saudi Children

Al‐Eissa, Youssef A.; Bahakim, Hassan M.; Mahdi, Awad H.; Saddique, Abdulaziz; Amoh, Kwame N.

doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1989.609

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“…A previous study found that 43.2-76.0% of Kuwaiti individuals used herbal medicine [17]. Moreover, in Riyadh city, many studies have shown that the use of traditional medicine is common [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]. There are limited studies regarding the knowledge, attitude and use of natural product in Al-kharj governorate.…”

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The Awareness and Attitudes of the Public toward Complementary and Alternative Treatments

Ahmed

Albassam

Alonazi

et al. 2021

JPRI

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Introduction: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is flourishing very fast and the usage of CAM in health care is quickly evolving. The behavior and attitude of the patients towards herbal medicines represents an important concern for policy makers and for regulators. Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the pattern of natural products use among the public and the Attitudes towards natural health products in Al-kharj Methodology: This is a cross-sectional study design. A questionnaire was prepared using Google drive tool and used to evaluate the pattern of natural products use among the public and the attitudes towards natural health products in Al-kharj governorate. The survey was filled by 442 participants. Results: Most respondents used a natural health product in the past (only 319 of 442 have been used natural product), the most used products were Vitamins/Minerals (85.57%). Additionally, about 50 % of the respondents agreed that the natural health products are safe because they are made from natural ingredients. The majority of the respondents reported that there isn't enough information on natural health product labels to help them understand the Products. The majority reported that the family and friends were recommended and provided them with the information regarding the use of the natural health product (71.78%). Conclusion: The present study showed that the use of herbal medicine is a common practice. The legislation is recommended to arrange the using of natural health products. The study results would surely require an active role for the Ministry of Health and Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) to insure enough information regard the risks and benefits of NHPs.

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