Socio-demographic determinants of herbal medicine use among psychotic patients attending a Nigerian tertiary health facility
Rukayyat B. Oloyede , Aminu Musa , Musa A. Usman , Muhammad A. Zayyad
Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Nigeria
Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
Corresponding author: Rukayyat B. Oloyede
Email: rukayyat01@yahoo.com; Phone: +234 803 533 4046
ABSTRACT
Background: Drug-herb interactions have become an important issue in clinical practice because of its growing acceptance especially in African countries.
Objective: To determine the socio-demographic associations of concurrent use of antipsychotic drugs and herbal medicines.
Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study involved the intermittent recruitment of 217 participants on antipsychotic drugs attending the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Kaduna. A structured questionnaire was employed to collect socio-demographic characteristics and use of herbal medicines via face-face interview with patients from November 2016 to January 2017.
Results: A total of 97 respondents (44.7 %) used herbal medicines and antipsychotic drugs concurrently. Respondents between the ages of 16 and 25 years, those who are married or ever married, Hausas, Fulanis and artisans were most likely to concurrently use herbal medicines with their antipsychotic drugs.
Conclusion: High prevalence of use of herbal medicines among the patients was found and the major sociodemographic determinants for concurrent herbal-antipsychotic medicine use were found to be age, marital status, tribe and occupation.
Keywords: Antipsychotic, Dug-herb interaction, Herbal medicine, Socio-demographic