Food medication interactions handbook

by Zaneta M. Pronsky, MS, RD, FADA

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Features of the Handbook:

• Pocket-sized
• Spiral bound for laying flat
• Alphabetical listing by generic and trade names, with cross references
• Over 100 new drug listings
• Clear, concise information for each medication, including:

• general drug class or actions
• nutritional effects and related dietary instructions
• side effects

• contra-indications
• special dietary precautions
• monitoring information

• Click here for Sample Page
• Introductory information includes:

• Mechanisms of Food-Medication Interactions
• Guidelines for Counseling Medicated Patients

• Nutritional Interventions to Aid in the Relief of Nutrition-Related Side Effects of Drugs
• FDA Pregnancy Categories (new)

• Eighteen additional tables, including:

• Laboratory Values ( extensively revised, many new tests added)
• Comparison of Height-Weight Tables
• Segmental Weights for Limbs, Calculation of Desirable Body Weight, BMI
• Geriatric Ht/Wt, Fluid, Protein Tables
• Potential Interactive Ingredients (new table)
• Drug-Alcohol (Ethanol) Interactions (new table)
• Caffeine Content of Foods and Beverages (revised)
• Salt Substitutes / High Oxalate Food Sources (revised)

• High Phytate Food Sources
• Pressor Agents (High Tyramine Foods) (extensively revised to reflect the latest research)
• Herbal Products: Cautions (extensively revised, now edited by Varro Tyler, PhD)
• Osmolalities of Selected Beverages and Foods
• pH and Acid Content of Beverages
• Magnesium (Mg) Sources (revised)
• Potassium (K) Sources (revised)
• Vitamin K Sources (revised)
• Grapefruit Juice-Drug Interactions (new)
• Drugs Not Compatible with Tube Feeding

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