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What are some food risk factors for heartburn?
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FOODS
fatty/spicy foods Caffeine Chocolate salt/substitutes garlic onion Mint Alcohol Carbonated drinks Citrus fruits/juices |
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What are some lifestyle risk factors for heartburn?
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LIFESTYLE
Abdomen pressuring exercise Smoking Obesity Stress Supine body position Tight-fitting clothing Pregnancy |
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What are some disease risk factors for heartburn?
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DISEASES
Motility disorders (gastroparesis) Scleroderma (auto-immune disorder depositing fiber in body & decrease LES tone) PUD Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome (cancerous tumor secretes lot of HCl) |
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What are some medication risk factors of heartburn?
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MEDICATION
NSAIDs (ibuprofen) Aspirin COX-2 inhibitors (celecoxib) Bisphosphnates (alendronate) Potassium supp. Iron supp. Tricyclic antidepressant (amitriptyline) Ca-channel blocker (diltiazem) Beta blockers (propranolol) Theophylline Nitrates |
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Define dyspepsia.
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Painful & difficult indigestion with chronic pain in upper abdomen and feeling full earlier than expected when eating.
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Impact of DSHEA on consumer?
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DS more accessible,
More options, Ability to self-treat |
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With regard to claim, what does the DSHEA regulate?
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1) only certain types of claims may be made on DS,
2) FDA approved Health Claims, 3) FDA approved Nutritional Claims, 4) non-FDA-approved Structure-Function Claims |
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What new industry standards did FDA GMP Standards pass in 2007? How is this different from the DSHEA?
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GMP standards require manufactures to ensure their products are pure, free of contaminants and contain the type and amount of ingredients indicated on the label.
Before, there was really no guarantee for purity and potency |
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What are some continued shortcomings of current GMP regulations?
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There are still no guarantees of efficacy/safety,
Larger pharma companies most likely to comply with new standards, but not many small companies, FDA prohibits marketing of unsafe or ineffective products, but a product is only taken off the market when proven unsafe by FDA |
