Case Report: Fatigue and Bleeding in a Polymedicated Patient Using Several Herbal Supplementations, Detected with g-Nomic Software.

This was a case report of severe fatigue and bleeding in a 65-year-old man with ischemic heart disease who was wearing a stent and taking multiple medications for hypertension and diabetes. The use of a drug interaction and personalized prescription software (g-Nomic) revealed potential interactions, involving acetylsalicylic acid and several non-pharmaceutical products including ginger, blueberry extracts, pineapple juice, docosahexaenoic acid and liquorice. Correction of these interactions resulted in complete remission of the reported side effects.

[Evaluation of an applied program for the prevention and control of tuberculosis].

Background: To evaluate the efficacy of a tuberculosis prevention and control program applied in the health care area of Cadiz (Spain).

Materials And Methods: Tuberculosis cases diagnosed by microbiological criteria (Ziehl-Neelsen/auramine smear and/or culture in Löwenstein-Jensen medium) from 1996 to 2000 were analyzed in relation to epidemiologic characteristics of the patients. Susceptibility studies were performed from 1997 onwards using the proportion method described by Canetti, Rist and Grosset.