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Table 3 Community pharmacists' knowledge about specific side effects for three CAMs

From: Rural Australian community pharmacists' views on complementary and alternative medicine: a pilot study

CAM side effect

 

Community pharmacists' knowledge of the side effect

 
 

All respondents %

(n = 80)

Recommenders

%

Non- Recommenders

%

Black cohosh - liver problems

40.3

42.3

39.1

Gingko biloba - bleeding disorders

56.2

63.9

48.6

Gingko biloba - seizures

15.1

19.4

10.8

Gingko biloba - dizziness/headache*

49.3

61.0

37.8

Black cohosh - dizziness/headache

27.8

38.5

21.7

  1. NB: N.B.*Difference between non recommenders and recommenders p < 0.01 with a chi square value of 19.9, 4df.