TITLE:
Foods and Herbs That May Interact with Medications Used for Arterial Hypertension and Dyslipidemia
AUTHORS:
Maria Aparecida Nicoletti, Esther Lopes Ricci, Jan Carlo Delorenzi, Paula A. Faria Waziry, Juliana Weckx Peña Muñoz, André Rinaldi Fukushima
KEYWORDS:
Elderly, Integrative Literature Review, Interactions, Nutrients, Drugs
JOURNAL NAME:
Food and Nutrition Sciences,
Vol.14 No.1,
January
29,
2023
ABSTRACT: The aim of this review was to verify the risks of
drug-nutrient interactions in the elderly.
This is an integrative literature review, with a descriptive approach,
carried out through research in indexed databases, legislation and pharmacopoeias. Data collection took place in the
year 2022, through the analysis of literature collected of the last 10
years collected. The data showed that many of the continuous drugs use by the elderly can lead to interactions of
different orders with nutrients, increasing the risk of plasmatic fluctuation
as grapefruit, orange, lemon and lime interact with systemic arterial
hypertension, increasing the risk of drug intoxication in the elderly. The
action of the health team is essential,
through the careful evaluation of the administered drugs, diet therapy
and the interaction between them, to benefit the elderly with better use of the
therapy and improvement of nutritional conditions.