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Patients Urged To Disclose Use Of Herbal Supplements Prior To Surgery

Published in Blood Weekly, November 29th, 2001

Patients need to be forthcoming about all medications and herbal supplements they are taking to ensure safe surgery, according to Jonathan Moss, MD, PhD, a leading expert in herbal treatments and anesthesia.

"Surgery is a partnership between the patient and physician. Because we are administering a number of pharmaceutical agents at once before, during and after a surgical procedure and because blood loss and maintaining proper blood circulation and coagulation are so important, it becomes essential that patients alert the physician to any herbal remedies they may be taking," states Moss, professor of anesthesia and critical care and vice chairman for research at the...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2001-11-29)

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