New PDR on Nutritional Supplements

The publishers of the Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR), a leading guide to prescription drugs, have now published a 700-page reference volume that summarizes and analyzes the research data behind nutritional supplements and evaluates the health claims made for them. Called "PDR for Nutritional Supplements,” the volume is intended as a bridge between health professionals, who will not take a stand on supplements without reliable information, and consumers, who generally do not consult doctors on supplements.

The new reference volume includes indications and usage, pharmacology, mechanism of action, research summaries, contraindications, precautions, adverse reactions, potential interactions, dosing, overdosage, available formulations, and literature citations for hundreds of substances, including vitamins, minerals, amino acids, proteins, hormonal products, fatty acids, and probiotics. More information and ordering details are available on the Internet (www.pdr.net).

"By consulting this new reference, doctors can learn which nutritional supplements may improve health and which supplements may interact with foods or prescription or nonprescription medicines. They will be able to help their patients avoid the possible adverse effects from supplements that provide no scientifically proven benefit,” said Sheldon Hendler, M.D., author of the new volume and clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Diego (USA).




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