Drug–Nutrient Interactions
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 March 2021) | Viewed by 338
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The long-term use of prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs can induce subclinical and clinically relevant micronutrient deficiencies, which may develop gradually over months or even years. Drug-induced micronutrient depletion may be the origin of otherwise unexplained symptoms, some of which might influence medication compliance.
Drug–nutrient interactions are defined as physical, chemical, physiologic, or pathophysiologic relationships between a drug and a nutrient and typically involve multiple factors. Drugs can influence food intake, nutrient digestion, absorption, distribution, metabolism to active forms, function, catabolism, and excretion. Additionally, the presence of compound-specific transport proteins, receptors, and enzymes in different tissues alters the pattern and location of where drugs and nutrients interact, creating scores of possible tissue-specific interactions, and makes prediction of clinical effects difficult.
Pharmaceutics is planning a Special Issue to highlight current research activities in the area of drug–nutrient interactions and their potential health consequences. All types of studies will be considered, except for those focused on the effects of foods, beverages, herbals, and/or dietary supplements on drug actions.
We invite you to submit your latest research to this Special Issue.
Dr. Diane L. McKay
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Drug–nutrient interactions
- Nutrient inadequacies
- Nutrient deficiency
- Drug-induced nutrient deficiency
- Vitamin depletion
- Adverse drug reaction
- Micronutrients
- Drug interactions
- Vitamins
- Minerals
- Adverse effect
