Table 4.

Selected example sentences with mentions of semantic variants, brand names, and misspellings for dietary supplements

Dietary supplements	Examples
Calcium	Increase calicum carb (tums) to 3 times a day. Stop Citracal but continue vitamin D. Patient was taking Calcarb D 600/200. I stopped the Oysco, and put in Rx for cholecalciferol for her.
Chamomile	Recommend chamomile tea for sleep. A product called No Jet Lag contains homeopathic remedies leopard’s bane (Arnica montana), daisy (Bellis perennis), and wild chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla). She will try the camomille.
Cranberry	Continue to increase fluids and cran juice. Restart the methenamine and Ellura a couple of days before you complete your course of atibiotics. She started craberry tabs.
Dandelion	Ok to take dandilion root but needs to keep taking Lasix and needs follow up appt. He is taking some dandilion for its potassium sparing effects as well.
Flaxseed	Start flax seed oil 1000 mg daily. She should stop fish oil and start flaxseed. You may try linseed for constipation.
Garlic	Pt states she is going to try “Garlique” for 6 months. She is on Garlique.
Ginger	Zingiber officinale rhizome is also known as ginger.
Ginkgo	Okay to start gingko. Can begin multivitamin and ginko and calcium now. She had been taking Ginkoba and Vitamin C but she stopped taking them.
Ginseng	Sent my chart message telling her to discontinue the ashwagandha. Pt states he takes ginsing and has for a couple of years.
Glucosamine	Questions about discontinuing glucosomine. Please ask her to resume arimidex and us OTC glucosmaine prn for acheness. Recommended medication clucosamine and eye drops for allergies. She would like to take glucosame, fish oil, and folic acid.
Lavender	She could try melatonin or lavendar and ginger scents to help you relax and decrease your nausea. She used lavander oil and super glue on it. Ok to add a few drops of essential oil to of lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) in milk.
Melatonin	Patient is still having problems sleeping even while taking the melotonin. Patient wants to know if it’s okay to take melotonin and if she can have an RX for this medication. She is not sleeping well even on the melotonin.
Turmeric	Stop her curcumin and fenugreek. Pt is allergic to tumeric. I would recommend not starting tumeric at this time.
Valerian	Try valarian root for sleep. Falling asleep better with valarian. Take the volarian root every night for a few weeks.