Supplemental Recommendations

A new admission policy addresses botanicals used as dietary supplements recommended for their official adoption by the USP Committee of Revision. When the FDA has approved a use or a USP DID advisory panel has accepted a use, it is to the USP. If neither condition is met, and there is no safety concern, the article is admitted into the NF. If there is a safety concern for an article, then no NF monograph is published, and USP DID will publish a monograph that... 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Use of anthrax vaccine in response to terrorism supplemental recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2002 51(45) 1024-6. 

A study in Hungary of 1203 births to women who had taken a supplement containing 2000 micrograms RE (6000 IU)/day, compared with 1510 who had taken placebo, did not show any evidence of teratogenic effect (81). The lower limit of supplementation recommended varied between 1600 and 3300 micrograms RE (5000 and 10 000 lU) of vitamin A per day (SEDA-14, 330). 

Wharton, M, Strikas, RA, Harpaz, F, et al. Recommendations for Using Smallpox Vaccine in a Pre-Event Vaccination Program. Supplemental Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC). MMWR, 52(RR-7), 2003... 

A Dermatitis, night blindness, keratomalacia, xerophthalmia Serum vitamin A Teratogenic effects, liver toxicity with excessive intake alcohol intake, liver disease, hyperlipidemia, and severe protein malnutrition increase susceptibility to adverse effects of high intake , 6-carotene supplements recommended only for those at risk of deficiency (fat malabsorption)... 

Glucerna is the supplement recommended for clients who have diabetes because this supplement has a slower release of carbohydrates and provides more controllable blood glucose, but the stem did not state that the client has diabetes. 

Because of the added fiber Boost would be the supplement recommended for clients diagnosed with cancer who have significant pain and are taking narcotic pain medications, but this client is newly diagnosed and pain was not mentioned in the stem of the question. 

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