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Common names: beta-carotine, retinol
Deficiency: night blindness, dry skin, poor growth, and reproduction problems |
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Common name: thiamin
Deficiency: Common in alcoholics; fatigue, weak muscles, and nerve damage; can lead to Weirnicke's encephalopathy |
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Common name: Riboflavin
Deficiency: eye disorders (cataracts), dry flaky skin, sore red tongue
Drug INX: Sulfa, alcohol, estrogen |
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Common name: Niacin or niacinamide
Deficiency: diarrhea, mental disorientation, sudden sun sensitivity |
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Common name: pyridoxine
Deficiency: depression, nausea, mental convulsions (infants), greasy flaky skin
Drug INX: May decrease insulin requirement |
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Common names: Cyanocobalamin, cobalamin, red vitamin
Deficiency: pernicious anemia |
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Common name: ascorbic acid
Deficiency: scurvy |
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Deficiency: Rickets
Drug INX: Tetracycline |
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Common names: calciferol, "sunshine vitamin"
Deficiency: increased risk of osteoporosis and osteomalacia, secondary hypoparathyroidism |
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Common name: tocopherol
Deficiency: can be caused by premature/low birth weight infants, fat malabsorption
Drug INX: Interferes with vitamin K, can potentiate action of warfarin |
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Common names: folacin, folate
Deficiency: Can cause spina bifida (neural tube defect) if deficient in first trimester of pregnancy
Drug INX: epilepsy meds |
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Deficiency: most common nutritional deficiency |
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Deficiency: defect in coagulation
Drug INX: Warfarin |
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Common name: anti-stress mineral
Deficiency: leads to mitral valve prolapse, migraines, ADD, fibromyalgia, and asthma
Drug INX: Some Abx |
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Deficiency: Rickets, pyorrhea |
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Deficiency: Common in alcoholics |
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