This is nutraceutical therapy and there is are big differences between the two, although the nuance is not popularly recognized. I want to highlight these differences before we continue through this wellness series, as our next blogs will be speaking on proper supplementation when necessary. A vitamin, mineral, or nutrient is prescribed to a patient due to have low blood levels of a certain nutrient like iron or calcium. However, many of these nutrients are readily found in the diet, as long as the person is eating what is necessary for the body i.
True supplementation, as opposed to nutraceutical therapy, focuses on providing the proper amount of an essential nutrient which is not already found in the human diet n. Any vitamin, mineral, or nutrient that our human genome requires should be found, or at least used to be found, in our environment. Some such vitamins, minerals, or nutrients are much harder to come by as a part of a regularly accessible diet or environment, hence the need for supplementation.
An essential nutrient is based on what is required for that species genome to thrive. Every member of that particular species requires the same essential nutrients, not just for a short period of time, but for life Essential, n. I use the same example we used in a previous blog post: can you think of any nutrient that one giraffe needs more than another giraffe?
Is there any member of a species in the animal kingdom that has different nutritional needs than another member of its own species? Why would it be any different for the human species? This set up a new regulatory body for dietary supplements under the FDA. These may offer nutritional support in nutrient-deficiency disease, or state a description of the intended role, mechanism of action or effect on general health as a result of taking the product.
This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. In effect, because legally they are in a class by themselves, dietary supplements in the US can be marketed without the FDA being satisfied that they are safe. This makes it relatively easy for a manufacturer to market a product without investing the time and money required for its safety. Of all three categories food, dietary supplement or medical food , medical foods have the least formal regulatory controls.
These products are usually promoted through health care professionals, including pharmacists, and in the UK this would make them prescription only or pharmacy medicines. Speculation on who the winners of the nutraceutical venture will be is becoming a popular topic in papers discussing the pharmaceutical industry. Because new medicines are harder to find and more expensive and risky to develop than ever before, many companies, for example, Du Pont, Abbott Laboratories and Warner Lambert, which have produced conventional pharmaceuticals in the past are now merging to survive, or are turning to nutraceuticals.
As companies increase in size, more jobs may be created for industrial pharmacists, but the real impact of nutraceuticals on pharmacy will be in the community. It has been suggested that a move from dietary supplements, sold in health food shops and most pharmacies, to nutraceuticals aimed at the prescription market could occur.
However, many indications under research are for serious disease states which do not require self-medication. At present, consumers may try dietary supplements for many indications believing them to be safer than synthetic substances, and this presumption of safety is erroneous. In either case, whether prescribed by a doctor or self-selected, the logical place for the supply of these supplements is the pharmacy where pharmacists are able to offer professional advice.
The challenge is therefore to be up to date with research developments so that both conventional practitioners as well as members of the public are able to receive accurate information.
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