Dietary Supplement Interactions
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A 1997 survey published in the Archives of Internal Medicine indicated that 18 percent of prescription drug users were also using herbal or vitamin and mineral dietary supplements. The authors estimated that this placed approximately 15 million people at risk of interactions between drugs and dietary supplements, 3 million of whom were 65 years and older.
The results of a 2005 survey published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association indicated that as the use of non-vitamin, non-mineral supplements (such as herbal and botanical dietary supplements) had increased during the previous 10 years, so had the concomitant use of dietary supplements and over-the-counter and/or prescription drugs. Many of the people who participated in the survey were taking multivitamin pills and were surprised to learn that their multivitamins contained non-vitamin, non-mineral dietary (that is, herbal and other) supplements as well.
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