Kelli Cristina do Prado Côrrea, Maria Aparecida Miranda de Paula Machado, Simone Rocha de Vasconcellos Hage
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CoDAS
aimed evaluate herbal medicine supplement use patterns among adolescent young adult women clinic focused family planning conducted crosssectional survey patients age 1425 adolescent title x clinic participants completed electronic survey assessed herbal medicine supplement use baseline demographic characteristics current contraceptive method evaluated supplementdrug interactions using natural medicines database interaction checker quantitative analyses performed using 2 independent medians tests enrolled 99 participants median age 20 1524 years overall 424 patients reported ever used supplements herbal medicines 299 patients reporting current supplement herbal medicine use patients higher education private insurance likely report history current supplement use p 05 common herbal supplements reported green tea n 26 cannabidiol n 17 cranberry n 16 296 participants reporting use general health care provider common reasons use general health wellness 291 immune support 232 stress 168 menstrual irregularities 60 found 62 moderate risk supplementdrug interactions 50 interactions attributed hormonal contraceptive therapies common interactions via cytochrome p450 enzyme cyp3a4 cyp1a2 inhibition decreased caffeine clearance potential hepatotoxicity adolescent young adult women frequently reported past current herbal medicine supplement use high rates moderaterisk supplementdrug interactions research needed better elucidate clinically relevant supplementcontraception interactions