Vitamins and Supplements

ACCP has updated its white paper on natural products, and published it in the January issue of the journal Pharmacotherapy.

Redox active iron molecules react with vitamin C and increase cancer cell vulnerability.

Patients with wounds often take pharmacological agents for wound treatment or illness management.

High-dose vitamin D not found to reduce cardiovascular disease or death.

Following alcohol and marijuana, prescription drugs and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs and supplements are the most commonly-abused substances in Americans aged 14 years and older.

Omega-3 supplementation could lead to beta cell regeneration.

Vitamin D deficiency linked to early signs of heart disease in children and teenagers.

Many patients who have HIV use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to help handle their health issues.

Patients who have asthma and who are also obese carry a heavy burden.

Vitamin D deficiency was found to be significantly associated with an increase in atherogenic lipids and markers of early cardiovascular disease.

Judy Sommers Hanson, PharmD, FAPhA, chats with Pharmacy Times about the important role that pharmacists can play in educating the public on B1 and methotrexate use.

Patients who experienced ulcerative colitis relapse had low levels of vitamin D.

Agitation and delirium are common problems in the cognitively impaired elderly.

Long-term metformin therapy associated with lower serum vitamin B12 concentration.

Patients with type 2 diabetes administered long-term metformin more likely not to have vitamin B12 levels monitored.

A recently published study finds that maternal folic acid levels could have an effect on a child’s blood pressure.

Physicians should discuss the potential uses, benefits, and side effects of herbal medications with their patients.

A new study suggests that the melatonin content of dietary supplements often varies widely from what is listed on the label.

Free Radical Biology and Medicine has published a review of emerging aspects and future directions of vitamin E research in its November 2016 issue.

More than half of Americans take multivitamin/mineral (MVM) supplements containing more than 9 micronutrients (vitamins/minerals) that provide 100% of the recommended daily allowances.

Cancer cells are much less efficient in removing hydrogen peroxide than normal cells.

Cancer cells more prone to damage and death from high amounts of hydrogen peroxide.

The Annals of Pharmacotherapy published a study that examines the association between antioxidant vitamin supplement use and AD risk.

Although eating a healthy and balanced diet is considered the optimal approach for meeting nutritional needs and obtaining the recommended essential vitamins, minerals, and trace elements for good health, many individuals still find it difficult to do so.

A study published in a recent issue of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes demonstrates that low baseline vitamin D deficiency may decrease the effectiveness of rosuvastatin in adults with HIV.