Interactions between medicines and functional foods or dietary supplements.
Recently, the demand for supplements has steadily been increasing with the diffusion of alternative and supplemental medicines throughout the world. Therefore, the supplements have frequently been taken with many drugs. Here, we have introduced the pharmacokinetic and pharmacological interactions between them.
Ohnishi
Noriaki
N
Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University Kyoto, Japan. ohnishi@mb.kyoto-phu.ac.jp
Yokoyama
Teruyoshi
T
D019587:Dietary Supplements / Q000009:adverse effects*; D058870:Food, Organic; D018565:Food-Drug Interactions; D041743:Herb-Drug Interactions; D006801:Humans