Time-saving templates Personalising templates is a more effective use of time than writing each essentially-similar entry from scratch – the ...
April 26, 2022
- Home
- |
- Archives: PharmacoNutrition
PharmacoNutrition
The interface between prescribed medicines and nutritional factors is so overlooked that it is commonly referred to as drug-nutrient interactions and/or drug-food interactions.Clinical category
PharmacoNutrition as a suitable name as it encompasses the broad scope of the field including both direct and indirect drug-food and drug-nutrient interactions. Those conducting research in this field would be Pharmaco-nutrologists.Primary contributors to clinical exclusion
Research aspects
Research papers are scattered across a plethora of journals and subjects. The studies are mostly small.Assumptions - for which there is no evidence
Food intake will cover the drug-induced nutrient losses. Food is benign and unlikely to interact with pharmaceuticals.Health professional training
The training for doctors, pharmacists, and most other health professionals does not include a significant nutrition component. This is surprising given 80+% of western ill-health has an underlying negative nutrition component.Who will fund and conduct the research?
Pharmaceutical industry
The regulatory processes do not require negative nutritional impacts of pharmaceutical products to be included in the drug discovery process.Governmental research bodies
The number of similarly worthwhile research projects competing for funding is steadily increasing whilst the funding sources and are generally not increasing.Philanthropic bodies
Philanthropic bodies either support a specific area of research or dispense smaller grants to a larger number of applicants. Sadly, there aren’t any philanthropic bodies with a particular interest in this area of expertise.Medications & Nutrition Platform
The online platform Medications & Nutrition provides a comprehensive range of clinically-useful, referenced, research evidence that is presented in a dot point format to improve accessibility to the latest research for busy clinicians. Examples of integration formats are included in the Case study component of our MedNut Mail series.April 19, 2022
Guest case study This email is based on a question from a reader. I have a curious case study - ...
April 5, 2022
A fall is defined as an event in which a person inadvertently comes to rest on the ground or other ...
March 29, 2022
Mechanisms and consequences Nutrition support products are typically administered if a person has lost weight or has very poor appetite, ...
March 22, 2022
Templates are useful to ensure inclusion of relevant points and to streamline work efficiency. Further, they can be amended as ...
March 15, 2022
Mechanisms and consequences Enter your text here..Constipation is a common side effect of many prescribed medications and contributes to further ...
March 8, 2022
Mechanisms and consequences Biotin is a B vitamin that helps the body break down fats, carbohydrates, and proteins and is ...
March 1, 2022
Time-saving templates Templates are useful for ensuring essential information is passed on without any aspect being overlooked as they can ...
February 22, 2022
Providing care when limited evidence MELAS (Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-like) is caused by mutations in mitochondrial DNA and ...
February 8, 2022
Guest case study This email is based on a question from a reader. I have a client who is tube ...
February 1, 2022
Deafness is a multifactorial, global health issue that is commonly inadequately managed in healthcare services; for example a person who ...
January 25, 2022
Time saving templates From a practical, work efficiency perspective, many of the people we see are prescribed similar combinations of ...
January 11, 2022
Pros and cons of nutrient budgets Money and nutrients have some surprising commonalities – similar income/intake on a relatively regular ...
January 4, 2022
Mechanisms and consequences Commonly the pre-breakfast BSLs may be the only routine monitoring strategy for those with long term diabetes ...
December 28, 2021
Some people can be prescribed medications from a very young age eg diabetes, epilepsy, and will consume a range of ...
December 21, 2021
Mining and nutrition Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health: Wealthy nations must ...
December 7, 2021
Mechanisms and consequences “Can you see Mr EYOM (Eighty Year Old Man) – he’s been losing weight?” The weight graph ...
November 30, 2021
Mechanisms and outcomes Iron supplements are generally prescribed if serum iron levels are low. Poorly absorbed iron, typically from sources ...
November 25, 2021
Potential research topics Nutrition research, including pharmaconutrition, is an interesting and challenging field, with an added dimension that is not ...
October 26, 2021
Potential research topics In the early 1990s a Canadian research team was investigating whether alcohol interacted with nifedipine/felodipine and unexpectedly ...
