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Vitamin Depletion

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Did you know the prescription drug you are taking may be depleting your body of vital nutrients?
Depletion happens when a medication causes the body to lose a nutrient. The drug might also interfere with the nutrient’s absorption.
Certain medications may have an adverse effect upon your body’s ability to absorb and maintain the nutrients you need for good health.
Depletion or interference: The mediation may deplete or interfere with the absorption or function of the nutrient. Taking these supplements may help replenish them.
Side effect reduction/prevention: Taking these supplements may help reduce the likelihood and/or severity of a potential side effect caused by the medication.
Supportive interaction: Taking these supplements may support or otherwise help your medication work better.
If you are taking any medication, may be depleting your body of vitamins and minerals.

  • Most Americans do on receive adequate vitamins and minerals in their diet.
  • Long-term depletion of essential nutrients can lead to other symptoms and side effects, including loss of energy and stamina.
  • Some nutrients may be beneficial at levels above what is possible to obtain from food intake alone.

We recommend taking our Sentry Multivitamin if you are taking almost any kind of prescription medication.
If you are taking anti-ulcerants, we recommend taking:

  • Sentry Multivitamin
  • High-Potency Acidophilus
  • B-6, 100mg
  • B-12, 500mg
  • Folic Acid, 400mcg
  • D-2000 IU
  • E-400
  • CalMagZinc+D
  • Iron 27mg
  • Cal600+D
  • Triple Omega Complex

For those taking Cholesterol lowering medications, we recommend:

  • CoQ10, 200mg
  • B-12, 500mg
  • Folic Acid, 400mcg
  • D-2000 IU
  • E-400
  • CalMagZinc+D
  • Iron 27mg
  • Vitamin A 10,000 IU
  • Fish Oil 1000mg

Antidepressant medications can deplete your body of valuable nutrients, so we recommend taking:

  • Sentry Multivitamin
  • CoQ10, 200mg
  • Flush-Free Niacin
  • B-12, 500mg
  • CalMagZinc+D

Patients taking anti-inflammatory/corticosteroids should also take:

  • Sentry Multivitamin
  • B-6, 100mg
  • B-12, 500mg
  • Folic Acid, 400mcg
  • C-500
  • D-2000 IU
  • CalMagZinc +D
  • Cal600 +D
  • Triple Omega Complex
  • Fish Oil 1000mg

Those taking anti-rheumatics/NSAIDs should also take:

  • Sentry Multivitamin
  • B-12, 500mg
  • Folic Acid, 400mcg
  • C-500
  • Potassium 99mg
  • Iron 27mg
  • Cal600 +D
  • Triple Omega Complex
  • Fish Oil 1000mg

If you are taking anti-psychotic medication, it’s important to take the following:

  • Sentry Multivitamin
  • CoQ10, 200mg
  • Flush-Free Niacin
  • B-6, 100mg
  • B-12, 500mg
  • Folic Acid, 400mcg
  • E-400
  • CalMagZinc +D

In addition to regular medication for diabetes, you should also take:

  • Sentry Multivitamin
  • CoQ10, 200mg
  • B-6, 100mg
  • B-12, 500mg
  • Folic Acid, 400mcg
  • D-2000 IU
  • CalMagZinc +D
  • Potassium 99mg
  • Diabetic Support Formula

If you suffer from high blood pressure or are on medications for cardiovascular disease, it’s recommended that you take:

  • Sentry Multivitamin
  • CoQ10, 200mg
  • C-500
  • D-2000 IU
  • CalMagZinc +D
  • Potassium 99mg
  • One Daily Cholesterol Health
  • Triple Omega Complex
  • Fish Oil 1000mg

Oral contraceptives can also deplete vitamins and minerals, so it’s important to also take:

  • Sentry Multivitamin
  • High-Potency Acidophilus
  • D-2000 IU
  • E-400
  • CalMagZinc+D
  • Iron 27mg
  • Vitamin A 10,000 IU

For those being treated for bone density, you should also take:

  • Sentry Multivitamin
  • D-2000 IU
  • CalMagZinc+D
  • Cal600 +D

If you are taking anti-epileptic medications, you should also take:

  • Sentry Multivitamin
  • B-6, 100mg
  • B-12, 500mg
  • Folic Acid, 400mcg
  • C-500
  • CalMagZinc +D

For those being treated for bipolar disorder, it’s important to also take:

  • Folic Acid,400 mcg
  • D-2000 IU
  • Cal 600 +D
  • Vitamin A 10,000 IU
  • Triple Omega Complex
  • Fish Oil 1000mg

If you are taking serotonin reuptake inhibitors, you should also take:

  • Sentry Multivitamin
  • Folic Acid,400 mcg
  • D-2000 IU
  • Triple Omega Complex
  • Fish Oil 1000mg

And finally, if you are taking strong analgesics, you should also take:

  • Sentry Multivitamin
  • Folic Acid,400 mcg
  • C-500
  • D-2000 IU
  • Iron 27mg
  • Triple Omega Complex
  • Fish Oil 1000mg

For an overview of vitamin and mineral products and the corresponding drug categories, please see the chart below:

New FDA Approvals

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New medications have recently been approved by the FDA for cardiovascular patients, diabetes, muscular dystrophy, and seizures — to name a few.
Yospral from Aralez Pharmaceuticals is a combination of aspirin, an anti-platelet agent, and omeprazole, a proton pump inhibitor (PPI), for patients who require aspirin for secondary prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events and who are at risk of developing aspirin associated gastric ulcers.
Zinplava from Merck is indicated to reduce recurrent Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI) in patients receiving antibacterial treatment for CDI. Zinplava is not an antibiotic and is not indicated for treatment of CDI. It should only be used in conjunction with antibacterial drug treatment of CDI.
Adlyxin from Sanofi Aventis will help adults with type II diabetes by increasing glucose-dependent insulin release, and decreasing glucagon secretion. It will also slow gastric emptying. Adlyxin is to be used in conjunction with a healthy diet and exercise.
For patients with AIDS who also suffer from anorexia, Syndos from Insys Therapeutics is now available. Syndos is also approved for nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy in cancer patients who have failed to respond well to other anti-nausea treatments.
Another new drug was approved for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. Sustol from Heron Therapeutics is an extended release injection specifically indicated for use in combination with other anti-nausea treatments in adults for the prevention of acute and delayed nausea and vomiting associated with initial and repeat courses of moderately emetogenic chemotherapy (MEC) or anthracycline and cyclophosphamide (AC) combination chemotherapy regimens.
Patients with a Duchenne muscular dystrophy with mutated DMD gene amenable to exon 51 skipping may have a new option in Exondys 51 from Sarepta. This new medication was granted accelerated approval based on an observed increase in dystrophin in skeletal muscle in some patients. A clinical trial of this new medication has not been established and continued approval may be contingent of a confirmed clinical benefit in a trial.
Carnexiv from Lundbeck is a replacement therapy for oral carbamazepine when oral administration is not feasible, in adults with seizures. Carnevix is supplied as an injection for intravenous administration.
Troxyca ER from Pfizer is new on the market for the management of pain severe enough to require daily, around-the-clock, long-term opioid treatment. Troyxca ER is an extended release capsule formulation of oxycodone combined with naltrexone. Oxycodone is a full opioid agonist and naltrexone is an opioid antagonist.
Two new drugs are now available for the treatment of certain cancers.
Keytruda from Merck has been approved for the treatment of head and neck squamous cell cancer. Keytruda is a programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1)-blocking antibody specifically indicated for the treatment of patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) with disease progression on or after platinum-containing chemotherapy.
Lartruvo from Eli Lilly has been approved for the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma. Lartruvo is specifically indicated for use in combination with doxorubicin, for the treatment of adult patients with soft tissue sarcoma (STS) with a histologic subtype for which an anthracycline-containing regimen is appropriate and which is not amenable to curative treatment with radiotherapy or surgery.
Talk to your doctor about your specific condition and if any of these medications are right for you. Like most medications, all come with a list of potential side-effects.
Sources: FDA and Centerwatch

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