Vitamins & Supplements

Lingtak-Neander Chan, PharmD, BCNSP

Associate Professor and Interim Chair
Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy
University of Washington

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Learning Objectives

 

By the end of this lecture, you should be able to:

  • Describe the regulations of vitamins and supplements in the United States.
  • Identify the clinical symptoms and laboratory abnormalities that suggest the presence of vitamin deficiency in older adults.
  • Describe the optimal vitamin supplementation regimens in treating vitamin deficiencies.

[From the Winter 2016 Geriatric Healthcare Lecture Series]