Drug-Induced Nutrient Depletions

Hit CTRL + F (on desktop) and search by the generic name to find out which nutrients a drug depletes.

If you don't know the generic name, you can visit Drugs.com and search by the trade name. It will then pull up the generic name, which will appear next to the trade name in parentheses.

Alternatively, you can search by category, such as "Beta Blocker" or by nutrient, i.e. "CoQ10."

If you do consider using supplements to remediate some of these depletions, please work with a nutritionally-informed medical practitioner who can guide you through the process, and do your best to purchase the correct molecular variant of each nutrient, taking care not to counteract any of the positive effects of your medications.

Sources:

1. "Drug-Induced Nutrient Depletion Handbook" by Ross Pelton, RPh, PhD, CCN, James B. LaValle, RPh, DHM, NMD, CCN, Ernest B. Hawkins, RPh, MS, and Daniel L. Krinsky, RPh, MS.

2. "Drug Muggers" By Suzy Cohen, RPh

3. "Tardive dyskinesia treated with manganese" A. Hoffer, MD, PhD

4. "Zinc", Linus Pauling Institute Micronutrient Information Center; https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/minerals/zinc

5. "A comparative study with colchicine on glutathione reductase" Tandogan B1, Ulusu NN. Protein J. 2010 Jul;29(5):380-5. doi: 10.1007/s10930-010-9263-3.