Vitamins and Supplements

Many drug interaction databases include oral potassium supplements and drugs with anticholinergic activity as a serious interaction.

Two-thirds of the US population had sufficient vitamin D status from 2001 to 2006, according to the CDC.

Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) is a workhorse vitamin.

Diabetes' propensity to cause metabolic derangement is directly responsible for a looming epidemic of diabetic kidney disease (DKD). And left unchecked, DKD can progress to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD).

Fat-soluble vitamin D seems to be the vitamin we talk about most these days. In particular, researchers, clinicians, and pharmacists all have an opinion about whether vitamin D supplementation is necessary or wise.

Researchers from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India studied an array of natural medicinal products with beneficial effects on mitochondria or redox stabilization.

More than 1 million Americans suffer myocardial infarctions annually.

Today, most patients self medicate with both traditional medicine and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).

Vitamin A and a high-fat diet could lead to a high body mass index.

The journal Molecules recently published a number of articles discussing milk thistle supplementation.

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.