Handbook of Food-Drug Interactions

With contributions from the fields of pharmacy, dietetics, and medicine, Handbook of Food-Drug Interactions serves as an interdisciplinary guide to the prevention and correction of negative food-drug interactions. Rather than simply list potential food-drug interactions, this book provides explanations and gives specific recommendations based on the frequency and severity of reactions. Each chapter brings together the unique talents and knowledge of practitioners in different disciplines who provide a clear, thorough treatment of this important subject.

List of contents

Introduction. Pharmacy: Basic Concepts. Biopharmaceutics of Orally Ingested Products. Drug Interactions: Basic Concepts. Nutrition and Metabolism. Food and Nutrition Update. Monitoring Nutritional Status in Drug Regimens. Gastrointestinal and Metabolic Disorders and Drugs. Drug Interactions in Nutrition Support. Alcohol: Interactions with Nutrition and Drugs. Nutrition and Drug Regimens in Older Persons. Obesity and Appetite Drugs. Nonprescription Drugs and Nutrient Interactions. Herbal and Dietary Supplement Interactions with Drugs. Dietary Counseling to Prevent Food-Drug Interactions. Prevention of Drug-Food Interactions. Drug Nutrient Interaction and Joint Commission for Health Care Organizations. Computers in Nutrient-Drug Interaction Management.

About the author

Beverly J. McCabe, Eric H. Frankel, Jonathan J. Wolfe

Summary

A guide to the interdisciplinary prevention or correction of negative food-drug interactions. This book offers specific recommendations based on frequency and severity of reactions. It provides special dietary modifications necessary for prevention of adverse side effects.

Product details

• Assisted by: Eric H. Frankel (Editor), Frankel Eric H. (Editor), Beverly McCabe-Sellers (Editor), McCabe-Sellers Beverly (Editor), Jonathan J. Wolfe (Editor), Wolfe Jonathan J. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.04.2003
• EAN: 9780849315312
• ISBN: 978-0-8493-1531-2
• No. of pages: 582
• Weight: 1240 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Nutrition Assessment
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Pharmacology, MEDICAL / Nutrition, Dietetics & nutrition, Pharmacology, Dietetics and nutrition