title: Utilization and Safety of Common Over-the-Counter Dietary/Nutritional Supplements, Herbal Agents, and Homeopathic Compounds for Disease Prevention.
abstract: Dietary supplements are commonly used by patients as part of their medical care plan. Often clinicians may not be aware of their use, because patients do not always consider these to be medications. All clinicians need to continually ask patients about their use of dietary supplements when collecting a medication history. Dietary supplements and prescription medications often share similar enzymatic pathways for their metabolism. These interactions may lead to severe adverse reactions. This article reviews available evidence for a variety of dietary supplements in select disease categories.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06032, USA. Electronic address: Rtrivedi@uchc.edu.
authors.forename: Ruchir
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Trivedi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy, 69 North Eagleville Road, Unit 3092, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
authors.forename: Marissa C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Salvo
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003863:Depression / Q000517:prevention & control; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000517:prevention & control; D019587:Dietary Supplements / Q000009:adverse effects; D004347:Drug Interactions; D006705:Homeopathy / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D004366:Nonprescription Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D028321:Plant Preparations / Q000009:adverse effects; D055553:Prescription Drugs; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000517:prevention & control; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D004366:Nonprescription Drugs; D028321:Plant Preparations; D055553:Prescription Drugs
keywords: Dietary supplement; Drug interactions; Herbal; Homeopathic compound; Micronutrients; Over-the-counter (OTC) supplements; Regulation of dietary supplements