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Drug Herb Interaction Reference Tables |
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| The following summary charts are quick, easy-to-use reference guides that can be utilized by healthcare professionals to enhance customer knowledge on dietary supplement use and possible drug-herb interactions. Print these charts or use the drug or supplement printable pages within the Drug Nutrient Interaction & Depletion Database to use as guides during customer consultations. |
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Supplements and prescription medications have potential interactions, which may either interfere with the drugs, or interfere with nutrients. Some medications may lead to nutrient depletions and if not corrected, could result in clinical manifestations. This table focuses on various drug categories that have potential interactions and provides suggestions for product recommendations, as well as products to use with caution and/or avoid, when taking medications. |
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Some supplements provide additional health benefits when taken for specific health concerns while others may be contraindicated. The health concerns table and detail pages focus on various health concerns and provide information on how some supplements may provide additional therapeutic benefits and why others should be used with caution or avoided. When needed, use this information as a guide when addressing customer questions regarding specific health concerns and supplement use. |
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Disclaimers
Drug-Nutrient interactions noted in the separate table and in each subsequent section are based on purported and possible interactions. Inclusion of an effect does not imply that such an effect will occur in every person. Individuals must be independently assessed for any effect of medications on nutritional status or effect of a nutrient on the action of a medication.
Information on the relationship between supplements and disease or health state is provided for general information in order to convey a balanced review of the scientific literature. In many cases the relationship between a supplement and a disease is tentative and additional research is needed to confirm such a relationship. Scientific substantiation on use of supplements in maintaining good health or helping reduce risk of disease is variable and dynamic. For this reason, the Nutrition & Disease or Health State table is provided as a general information tool for health care professionals. |
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