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Block 2: Vitamins and Minerals Flashcards

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How many people in the US are one multivitamins?

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1/3

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What health act instituted that dietary supplements are not drugs?

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Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994

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Who do we need vitamens and trace minerals?

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  1. Carry out bichemical reaction
  2. Synthesized inadequately or not at all in human body
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Who need vitamins?

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  1. Rare in western countries
  2. Malnourished
  3. Chronic ill, alcoholic, poverty, malabsorption
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What are know drugs that cause vitamin deficiency?

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Isoniazid: B6
Loop: K
Metformin: B12
PPI: Mg

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What substances are absorbed in the duodenum?

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  1. FA
  2. Calcium
  3. Mg
  4. P
  5. Zinc
  6. FOlate
  7. Thiamine
  8. ADEK
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Substances absorbed in the jejunum?

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  1. Molybdenum
  2. Chromium
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What is EAR?

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Estimated average requirements: meet the requirements of half of the healthy individuals in a specific gender and age group

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What is RDA?

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Recommended Dietary Allowances: Amount of a nutrient needed per day for maintenance of good health

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What is AI?

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Adequate Intakes: Recommended intakes for nutrients for which inadequate scientific data exist to establish an EAR

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What is UIL?

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Tolerable upper intake levels: Highest dose of nutrient intake that may by consumed daily without risk of adverse effects in the general population

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How does ADEK get absorbed?

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  1. Facilitated by bile
  2. Defs is do to fat intake limitations and malabsorption:
    * Celiac
    * CF
    * Jaundice
    * Cirrhosis
    * Bariatric surgery
    * Short-bowel syndrome
    * Cholecystectomy
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What are the drugs that cause malabsorption of ADEK?

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  1. Cholestyramine
  2. Orlistat
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What are the sources of vitamin A?

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Liver, milk fat, egg yolk, yellow and dark green leafy vegetables, apricots, cantaloupe, peaches, carrots

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What are the sources of Vitamin D?

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Supplemented milk, egg yolk, liver, salmon, tuna, sardines, milk fat

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What are the sources of vitmain K and E?

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Liver, vegetable oil, spinach, kale, cabbage, cauliflower

Vit K: dark green leafy veggies

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What are the forms of vitamin A?

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  1. Retinoids: retinol
  2. Carotenoids: provitamin A
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What are sx of vitamin A def?

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Dermatologic: rough scaly skin, rough hair
Ocular: nyctalopia, xerophthalmia, bitots spot, night blindness

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What is bitot’s spot?

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Gray white, foamy, greasy, cheesy deposits on the conjunctiva near the cornia, fatty degenerated epithelial cells and leukocytes

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What is the equivalents for retinol equivalents?

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1 RE is equal to:
* 1 mcg retinol =3.33 IU retinol
* 2 mcg beta-carotene from supplements

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What is the upper limit of vitamin A? Risks?

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3 mg daily (prevention dose)
Teratogenic (large dose)

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What are the forms of vitamin D?

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Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
Vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol)

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What are the functions of Vitamin D?

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  1. Increases calcium and phosphate absorption from the small intestine
  2. mobilizes calcium from bone
  3. permits normal bone mineralization
  4. improves renal reabsorption of calcium
  5. maintains serum calcium and phosphorous levels
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What are the causes of vit d def?

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  1. GI diseases
  2. Inadequate sunlight exposure
  3. Gastric bypass therapy
  4. Long term antiepileptic therapy
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Presentations of Vit D def?
1. Psychiatric disorders 2. RIckets **Increased risk** of CVD, osteoporosis, and rickets
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WHat is the dosing of vit D def prevention?
800-1000 IU cholecalciferol QD
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What are the functions of Vitmain E? Indications?
1. Antioxidant 2. Atherosclerosis 3. Diabetes 4. Cancer 5. Parkinsons 6. Alzheimers **Lack of benefit and increased risk of CHF**
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Dx states that cause vit e def?
Patients who don't absorb fat normally (celiac disease, bariatric surgery)
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Clinical presentation of vitamin E def?
1. Peripheral neuropathy 2. Intermittent claudication 3. Muscle weakness 4. Hemolytic anemia
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What does the dosing of vit E look like?
1 mg of alpha-tocopherol vitamin E = 1.49 IU Upper limit: 1000 mg daily > 400 mg: ↑ all-cause mortality & prostate cancer > 800 mg: ↓ platelet aggregation caution with warfarin + aspirin or clopidogrel * hold for surgery
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UL of Vit E?
1000 mg QD > 400 mg: ↑ all-cause mortality & prostate cancer > 800 mg: ↓ platelet aggregation caution with warfarin + aspirin or clopidogrel
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Forms of vitmain K?
K1: phytonadione (vitamin K1) synthetic; naturally form phylloquinone food in many green leafy vegetables
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Function of vitamin K?
Promotes the synthesis of and activates clotting factors II, VII< IX, X
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Clinincal presentation of Vit K def?
Unusual bleeding, prolonged prothrombin time
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What is the half-life of factor II?
Prothrombin: 50-80 hr
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Vitmain K indications?
1. VKA reversal 2. Hemorrhage of newborn
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Dosing of vitamin K?
**Dosing:** 2-5 mg po or IV for nonmajor bleeding events, 5-10 mg IV for major bleeding events * **Does not correct coagulopathy immediately** * Should always be used in combination with a repletion strategy **(PCCs or plasma)** in major bleeding events
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What are the water soluble vitamins?
Vitamin C Vitamin B1, B2, B6, and B12 Folic acid Niacin
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Sources of vitamin C?
Highest concentrations in uncooked fruits and vegetables **Fruit:** oranges, lemons, strawberries, tangerines **Vegetables:** Broccoli, cabbage, spinach, collard greens, kale, peppers
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Sources of vitamin B12?
Exclusively found in meats, dairy, seafood, and eggs None in vegetables, grains, or fruits
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Sources of folate?
Liver, lean beef, wheat, whole-grain cereals, eggs, fish, dry beans, lentils, green leafy vegetables
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Sources of niacin?
Lean meats, fish, liver, poultry, many grains, eggs, peanuts, milk, legumes
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Sources of pantothenic acid?
Eggs, kidney, liver, salmon, yeast
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Sources of B6?
Meats, cereals, lentils, legumes, nuts egg yolk, milk
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Sources of riboflavin?
Meats, poultry, fish, dairy products, green leafy vegetables, enriched cereals and breads, eggs **Milk products**
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Function of vitmain C?
Hydroxyproline biosynthesis Precursor of collagen
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What are the clinical presentations of vitamin C def?
1. Fatigue 2. Capillary hemorrhages 3. Swollen hemorrhagic gums 4. Impaired wound healing 5. Scurvy (gingivitis, anemia, skin hemorrhages)
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Indications for use of vitamin C?
Common colds (only within first 2 days to limit duration of symptoms)
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Dosing of vitamin C?
60-300 mg/day Complete absorbed if < 100 mg ≤ 50% if > 1,000 mg
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UL of Vitmain C?
Upper Limit: 2 g/day
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Signs of Vitamin C tox?
Nephrolithiasis in CKD (↑ oxalate)
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Causes of B12 def?
1. The body stores enough vitamin B12 in the liver that a deficiency would take ~3 years. 2. Patients > 50 are at an increased risk due to reduced gastric acidity 3. Metformin and PPI use 4. Pernicious anemia: lack of intrinsic factor -> decreased B12 absorption
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Presentations of B12 def?
1. Neurologic sx 2. Megoblastic anemia (must correct B12 over folate)
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Dosing of Vit B12?
**Preventation:** 1000mcg PO QD **Tx of def:** 1000 mcg IM daily  weekly -> monthly -> 8 weeks -> 12 weeks MD: 1000 – 2000 mcg daily
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UL of Vitamin B12?
Not established
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Causes of folate def?
1. increased need during pregnancy 2. infection 3. Alcoholism 4. Malabsorption 5. Drugs: methotrexate, trimethoprim, and anticonvulsants
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Clincial presentation of folate?
1. Megoblastic anemia 2. NTD in children (spina bifida)
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Dosing of folate?
1. **All women of childbearing age** should take 400 mcg/day of folic acid either from fortified foods or dietary supplements 2. Daily dose of 4 mg recommended for patients who have had **previous pregnancy affected by neural tube defect** 3. Supplementation of at least **1 mg/day** recommended for patients taking **valproic acid and carbamazepine**
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FA treatment indications?
1. Megaloblastic anemia 2. Methotrexate tox 3. Homocystinemia
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Function of B1?
1. Myocardial function 2. Nerve cell function 3. Carb metabolism
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Causes of B1 def?
Alcoholism
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What are the types of thiamine def?
**Early stage:** anorexia, irritability, decrease in short-term memory **Late stage:** Beriberi * Wet beriberi: affects the heart and circulatory system * Dry beriberi – damages nerves * Overlap: Pain and paresthesia **Chronic:** CNS damage, Wernicke's encephalophagy, Korsakoff psychosis
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What are the sx of Wernicke?
1. Opthalmoplegia (weakness of the eyes) 2. nystagmus (involuntary eye movement) 3. cerebellar ataxia
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What are the sx of Korsakoff psychosis?
1. Severly impaired retentive memory and cognitive function 2. Apathy 3. Confabulation
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How does chronic alcohol consumption decrease thiamine?
1. Reducing thiamin intake 2. Impairing thiamine absorption
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Indications of thiamine dosing?
1. Actute alcohol withdrawl 2. Beriberi 3. Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
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Deficiency of niacin?
Pellagra in alcoholics, poorly nourished elderly patients, corn based diet in patients
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Presentations of pellagra?
1. Dermatitis 2. Diarrhea 3. Delirium 4. Death
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Niacin toxicity?
Extended-release formulation may cause less flushing, but more gastric and hepatic side effects
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What are the clinical presentations of B2 def?
1. Mucocutaneous surfaces of the mouth and skin 2. ANemia 3. Corneal vascularization (bloodshot eyes)
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What are the functions of vitamin B6?
1. Neurotransmitter synthesis 2. Conversion of tryptophan to niacin
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Causes of B6 def?
1. Alcoholism 2. Severe diarrhea 3. Malabsorptive syndromes 4. Isoniazid (recommend B6 supplement)
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Clincial presentations of B6 def?
1. Peripheral neuropathy 2. Scaliness around the nose, mouth, eyes 3. Dulling of mentation in adults
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Treatment dosing for B6 def indications?
Concomitant isoniazid therapy: 100 mg/day IV or IM for 3 weeks, followed by 30 mg/day po daily Nausea & vomiting pregnancy associated: 12.5 -25 mg TID to QID
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Indications for a banana bag?
Chronic alcohol ingestion causes mucosal erosion and villous-predominant epithelial loss Vitamin deficiency: vitamin B1, B6, Folate
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What is in a banana bag?
Inpatient- alcohol withdraw prophylaxis: **Thiamine** 100 mg, **Folic acid** 1mg and **multivitamin** 10 mL in 1L **NS or D5W** (banana bag)
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Common minerals?
1. Calcium 2. Iron 3. Mg 4. P
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Causes and presentations of calcium def?
**Causes:** Eldery, bariatric surgery, long-term anticovulsants **Sx:** Bone fracture, bone pain, osteoporosis
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Dosing and UL of Calcium?
1000 mg/d 2-3 g/day of elemental calcium
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ADR of calcium?
Constipation
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Sources of calcium?
8 oz non-fat milk 300 mg of calcium
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Forms of iron in the body?
Functional or stored
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Iron deficiency causes?
Blood loss
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Dosing of iron?
UL 45 mg/day to prevention iron-deficiency – due to GI ADR Better absorbed with acidic environment – **empty stomach, vitamin C**
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ADR of iron supplements?
1. Irritate the GI mucosa 2. N 3. Abdominal pain 4. C **Medical emergency if tox**
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Dietary forms of iron?
**Heme** in meats (well absorbed) **Nonheme** enriched grains and dark green vegetable (poorly absorbed)
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Gold standard of iron?
Ferrous sulfate (325 mg/tablet) 20% elemental
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Causes of Mg def?
1. GI or renal losses 2. Diarrhea 3. Alcohol 4. Diuretic therapy 5. PPI
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Dosing og Mg? ADR? Tox?
Prevention: UL 350 mg/day **ADR:** diarrhea **Toxicity:** Diminished deep tendon reflexes, muscle weakness, lethargy, sedation
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Dietary sources of Mg?
1. Fresh food 2. Unprocessed food
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What is the cause of P def?
Long term use aluminum hydroxide as antacid
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Natural product of anxiety?
1. Valerian 2. Passionfrui 3. St Johns wort 4. Kava
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Natural products for colds and flu?
1. Echinacea 2. Garlic 3. Ginseng 4. Zinc 5. Vit C 6. Elderberry
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Natural products for dementia?
1. Ginkgo 2. Vitamin E
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Natural products for depression?
1. St. Johns worts 2. SAMe
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Natural products for dyslipidemia?
1. Red yeast rice 2. Garlic 3. Niacin 4. Fish oil
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Natural products for weigh loss?
Bitter orange
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Natural products for insomnia?
melatonin
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Natural products for menopause?
Black cohoch Evening primrose oil
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Natural products for N/V, motion sickness?
Ginger
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Natural products for osteoarthritis?
1. Glucosamine 2. Chondroitin
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Natural products for prostate health?
Saw palmetto
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Natural products that can cause cardiac tox?
Bitter orange
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Natural products that can cause liver tox?
1. Kava 2. Black cohosh
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Natural products that can cause increased risk of bleeding?
1. Fish oil 2. Vitamin E 3. Garlic, garcinia, ginger, ginko, glucoasmine
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MOA of St Johns wors?
Serotonic reuptake inhibitor
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Counseling points of using St Johns?
1. Risk of serotonin syndrome with antidepressants (SNRIs and SSRIs), 2. CI with MAOIs (tranylcypromine) 3. Strong CYP3A4 induction decreasing drug levels 4. Photosensitivity 5. Lower seizure threshold

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