Food and Drug Interactions

Food and Drug Interactions

Natural foods and vegetal supplements have recently become increasingly popular for their roles in medicine and as staple foods. This has, however, led to the increased risk of interaction between prescribed drugs and the bioactive ingredients contained in these foods. These interactions range from pharmacokinetic interactions (absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion influencing blo...

Food-drug interactions.

The effect of drug on a person may be different than expected because that drug interacts with another drug the person is taking (drug-drug interaction), food, beverages, dietary supplements the person is consuming (drug-nutrient/food interaction) or another disease the person has (drug-disease interaction). A drug interaction is a situation in which a substance affects the activity of a drug, ...

The Interactions between Food and Drug

Classification drug-food interactions can be achieved by several criteria: their frequency; clinical significance; the mechanism by which are produced; consequence on the body; the pharmacokinetic occurring; level that is distributed. An interaction is considered clinically significant if the answer alters or compromise nutritional status of the body. The clinical consequences of the interactio...

Food and drug interactions: a general review.

Although it is well known and identified that drug-drug interactions exist, the recognition of importance of food and drug interactions to practice has been growing much slower. On the other hand, drug-food/nutrient interactions continue to grow with the common use of medications. Beside the awareness of this type of interactions, food-drug interaction studies are critical to evaluate appropria...

Drug Food Interactions in Various Therapies