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 (Beilis 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 ginger scents to help you relax decrease your nausea. She used lavender oil super glue on it. Ok to add a few drops of essential oil to of lavender (Lavula 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 if she can have an RX for this medication. She is not sleeping well even on the melotonin. |
| Turmeric | Stop her curcumin 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. |