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Pharmaceuticals are capable of inducing nutrient deficiencies as well as numerous unwanted side effects. Many of these side effects may be caused by the nutrient deficiencies induced by the chemical reactions in the body from short and long term use of drugs.
Many drugs either inhibit conversions of nutrients or use more of them, which may contribute to additional health problems. The most common medicines that interfere with nutrient availability are cholesterol lowering statins, birth control pills and antibiotics.
To mitigate the risk of nutrient associated side effects the diet must be manipulated to provide additional food sources or supplementation may be added to the medication regime to compensate. This will require higher than RDA levels of nutrients as daily living and medication consumption as well as rectification of deficiencies will not be met from diet alone, unless very carefully monitored. Please click on the Adverse Drug Nutrient Chart March 2010 for a PDF version.
Do the prescriptions you take deplete your nutritional status?