Mitamins' Benefit: Avoid Interactions with Your Prescriptions
Prescription medications change your supplement needs.
In some cases, your prescription medications will cause you to need more of certain nutrients. This is because medications may deplete your body of some important nutrients. They do this by interfering with nutrient absorption or with their metabolism, storage, transport, or use by cells. For example, estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) can cause depletions of Vitamin C, zinc, Vitamin B-6, Vitamin B-12, magnesium, and calcium.
In other cases, your prescription medications will require that you take lower levels of certain nutrients. One reason: too-high levels of some supplements can create conditions where your medications may not function properly, which could be dangerous. Another reason: excessive levels of certain supplements may negatively interact with your medications.
A Customized Supplement is the best way to ensure that you are matching your nutritional supplement needs with your medical prescriptions.