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. 2010 Mar 15;8(2):109–115. doi: 10.4321/s1886-36552010000200005

Table 2.

Pharmacists’ current practice with regard to herbal products (n=211)

Frequency (%)
Scores 1 2 3 4 5
1- Do you dispense herbal products from your pharmacy 26 (12.3%) 81 (38.3%) 72 (34.1%) 30 (14.2%) 2 (0.9%)
2- Do you advise consumers on safe use of herbal medicine 103 (48.8%) 52 (24.6%) 27 (12.8%) 8 (3.8%) 21 (9.9%)
3- Do you get inquiries from consumers regarding the use of herbal medicine. 26 (12.3%) 73 (34.6%) 67 (31.7%) 26 (12.3%) 19 (9.0%)
4- Have you ever used herbal medicines for self treatment before 14 (6.8%) 44 (21.3%) 88 (42.5%) 39 (18.8%) 22 (10.6%)

1= Always “more frequent”; 2= often “frequent”; 3= sometimes “less frequent”; 4= rarely; 5 = No