Supplemental education

U.S. Security Exchange Commission —Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants... 

A major contribution to the Pelican Social History of Britain, which will undoubtedly be the standard work for students of modern Britain for many years to come - The Times Educational Supplement... 

Educate patients that compliance with and proper use of dietary pancreatic enzyme supplementation is key to improved... 

Educate patients to avoid hepatotoxic agents (e.g., some dietary supplements). 

Patients should be educated to recognize the signs and symptoms of complications that would require urgent evaluation. Patients and parents of children with SCD should be educated to read a thermometer properly and to seek immediate medical care when a fever develops or signs of infection occur. With acute illnesses, prompt evaluation is important because deterioration may occur rapidly. Fluid status should be monitored to avoid dehydration or overhydration, both of which may worsen complications of SCD. Patients in acute distress should maintain oxygen saturation at 92% or at their baseline. Any supplemental oxygen requirements should be evaluated.6,27... 

Dietary supplements may be less expensive than prescription medications. However, dietary supplements are not guaranteed to be equivalent in safety and efficacy. Unfortunately, many consumers believe that dietary supplements are as safe and effective as prescription medications. As pharmacists, our role is to educate patients on the fallacies of dietary supplements. 

NIOSH. 1977j. National occupational hazard survey. Vol. Ill Survey analysis and supplemental tables. Cincinnati, OH U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies. DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 78-114, 346. 

What defines a dietary supplement versus a drug As defined by Congress in the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (which became law in 1994), a dietary supplement is a product (other than tobacco) that ... 

Perhaps this charge will be less credible in the future. American public interest in alternative medicine has expanded dramatically in recent years. According to polls, interest is particularly strong among persons of above average education who are in relatively poor health. The alternative medications they adopt are available largely as food supplements and herbal remedies in 1997 the market for these commodities amounted to 3.6 billion. Orthodox medicine has not ignored this solid trend, and many American medical schools now offer courses and sponsor research into alternative... 

Since the U.S. Congress passed Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act in October 1994, the landscape of the dietary supplement industry has changed in the United States dramatically. In fact, as early as the late 1980s, the U.S. Pharmacopeia s elected Council of Experts (then known as the USP Committee of Revision) was evoking great interest in the development and establishment of public standards for the multitude of multivitamin and multivitamin-mineral combination products as well other nutritional supplement products marketed in the United States. 

In accordance with the provisions of the Dietary supplement Health and Education Act 1994, in the United States botanical dosage forms can be marketed as dietary supplements provided the label makes no medical claim however, structure-function claim is allowed. In most countries other than the United States, botanical preparations are regulated as drugs thus posing a different set of challenges. This fact must be taken into consideration in standard setting. 

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