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Acsa Lima Marinho Fonseca de Mello1, Karolynne Rodrigues de Melo1, André Luiz Moreira Domingues de Sousa1
1Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
Abstract:
Most of the population does not seek professional advice before taking vitamin products and their indiscriminate use can lead to serious health risks. This study aims to demonstrate, through bibliographic survey, the risks of indiscriminate use of vitamin products related to hypervitaminosis and major drug interactions which the multivitamins are involved. A bibliographic survey was conducted in the databases LILACS, SciELO, PubMed, Medline, Micromedex, Drugs.com and textbooks on the subject. Vitamins are commonly described as harmless products by the majority of the population, but these trace elements can interact with other substances, causing mild disconforts or treatment failure for the patient, severe consequences to the body and can lead to death. To avoid the indiscriminate use of vitamin products, it is necessary that health professionals know and use specific laboratory tests for the determination of vitamins in the body, preventing these products from being unnecesarily prescribed. Also, the knowledge about what the possible effects of the indiscriminate use of vitamin supplements can lead to the rational use of these products.
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