Drug-nutrient interactions in elderly people

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 304-310

  Akamine, Dirce ^a,b   Filho, Michel K ^a   Peres, Carmem M ^a  

^a Farmoterápica   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Drug food interaction; Elderly people; Nutritional intervention

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMOXICILLIN; ANABOLIC AGENT; APPETITE STIMULANT; CAPTOPRIL; CARBIDOPA; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAZEPAM; DIGITALIS; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; INSULIN; ISONIAZID; LEVODOPA; LINEZOLID; LITHIUM; NICOTINIC ACID; NIFEDIPINE; PARACETAMOL; PROPRANOLOL; RIFAMPICIN; SIMVASTATIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; WARFARIN; XANTHINE;

AGED; ANOREXIA; APPETITE; ARTHRITIS; ASTHMA; BEAN; BONE DEMINERALIZATION; BRAN; BRAZIL; BRONCHITIS; CACHEXIA; CALCIUM DEPLETION; CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; CHEESE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FOOD; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; MAGNESIUM DEPLETION; MALNUTRITION; MASTICATION; MEAT; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLISM; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MYOPATHY; NAUSEA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; NUTRITIONAL TOLERANCE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POLYPHARMACY; POTASSIUM DEPLETION; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SALIVATION; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SODIUM DEPLETION; SPINE DISEASE; TENDINITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WINE;

AGED; AGING; FOOD-DRUG INTERACTIONS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34247160332     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 15353885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e3280d646ce     Document Type: Review

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