Mechanisms and consequences Confusion, falls or has poor balance, insomnia, and lethargy - would you immediately be trying to decide ...
October 12, 2021
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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.October 5, 2021
Abnormally high B12 levels are typically due to a medical disorder, however this article is specifically about elevated B12 levels ...
September 28, 2021
Potential research topics Twenty years ago, this was a very short list! Of necessity this list has grown as there ...
September 21, 2021
Metformin and proton pump inhibitors both decease vitamin B12 absorption, and decrease thiamine availability. Mechanisms and consequences Metformin is the ...
September 7, 2021
Mechanisms and consequences This trifecta has been prescribed since admission and likely before then; in this instance the trifecta refers ...
August 31, 2021
Mechanisms and consequences Commonly the pre-breakfast BSLs may be the only routine monitoring strategy for those with long term diabetes ...
August 24, 2021
Mechanisms and consequences Medication Advisory Committees (MACs) are an ideal forum for addressing a range of issues that have a ...
August 17, 2021
Mechanisms and consequences Iron supplements are generally prescribed if serum iron levels are low and there is rarely any further ...
August 3, 2021
Welcome! Welcome to the first edition of our weekly email - and thank you for your interest in pharmaconutrition. The ...
