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megavitamin therapy
megavitamin therapyAlso once termed orthomolecular medicine, this is the use of large doses of vitamins to improve physical and mental health.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  megavitamin therapy - therapy based on a theory that taking very large doses of vitamins will prevent or cure physical or psychological disorderstherapy - (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.); "the quarterback is undergoing treatment for a knee injury"; "he tried every treatment the doctors suggested"; "heat therapy gave the best relief" |
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The administration of supraphysiologic or in some cases ‘hyper-doses’—up to hundreds of times daily requirement—of vitamins, based on the belief that it will correct an unnamed disordermegavitamin therapy The administration of excess or 'hyper-doses' of water-soluble vitamins, either physician-guided–eg, to treat neuropathies, or self-prescribed by health-food advocates. See Decavitamin, Orthomolecular medicine, Vitamin. Megavitamins, adverse effects
Thiamin CNS hyperresponsiveness–convulsions, Parkinson's disease–thiamin antagonizes l-dopa, sensory neuropathy–destruction of dorsal axon roots Niacin/nicotinic acid & niacinamide/nicotinamide Exacerbation of asthma–histamine release, cardiac disease–arrhythmias, GI symptoms, eg nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, anorexia, DM–hyperglycemia, gout–↑ uric acid, liver disease–enzyme leakage, hepatocellular injury, portal fibrosis or massive necrosis, cholestatic jaundice, peptic ulcer disease–histamine release, ↑ acidity, skin disease Vitamin B6 Paresthesia, headaches, asthenia, irritability Vitamin C ↑ Iron absorption, possibly iron overload, evoking diarrhea, renal calculus formation and possibly inhibiting the bacteriolytic activity of neutrophils, G6PD deficiency–↑ red cell lysis, megaloblastic anemia–↓ vitamin B12 absorption, nephrolithiasis–oxaluria Diagn Clin Testing 1990; 28:27
meg·a·vi·ta·min ther·a·py (meg'ā-vī'tă-min thār'ă-pē) Large doses of vitamins, minerals, and amino acids that are used as medications to treat physical and psychiatric illnesses.
Synonym(s): orthomolecular medicine. megavitamin therapy
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