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Food-Drug Interaction: Presented By: Deepika Baranwal PHD Scholar
Food-Drug Interaction: Presented By: Deepika Baranwal PHD Scholar
PRESENTED BY:
DEEPIKA BARANWAL
PhD SCHOLAR
DEFINITION
Drug-nutrient interaction: the result of
the action between a drug and a nutrient
that would not happen with the nutrient or
the drug alone.
ADVERSE EFFECTS:
Loss of drug efficacy
Drug- induced nutritional deficiencies
Toxic reactions
Blocked feeding tubes
Table 1. Drug Induced Nutritional Deficiencies
DRUG AFFECTED POSSIBLE EFFECT
NUTRIENTS MECHANISM
ANORECTIC DRUGS All nutrients Anorexia Decreased food intake
(amphetamines)
ANTACIDS Phosphates Decreased absorption Osteomalacia
ANTIEPILECTIC Folate Decreased absorption Megaloblastic anemia
DRUGS Vitamin D Enzyme induction Osteomalacia
(phenytion , Vitamin E Excess utilization ? Haemolysis
phenobarbitone, Zinc Chelation Anorexia , celebellar
primidone, dysfunction
valproic acid) Selenium Peroxide damage Hepatotoxicity
Vitamin K ? Hemorrhage
ANTIFOLATE DRUGS Folate Dihydrofolate reductase Megaloblastic anemia,
(e.g. methotrexate, inhibition cytopenia
pyrimethamine,
trimethamine,
trimethoprim)
BIGUANIDES Vitamin B12 Decreased absorption Megaloblastic anemia
(phenformin,
metformin)
To be continued:
DRUG AFFECTED POSSIBLE EFFECT
NUTRIENTS MECHANISM
CHOLESTYRAMINE Fat , vitamin Complex formation Anaemia ,osteomalacia
A,D,K,B12,folate iron bleeding, steatorrhoea