Review Article
Year: 2020 | Month: April-June | Volume: 5 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 65-72
Role of Vitamin Supplements in Deep-Rooted Diseases
Gajjela Sirichandana1, CH. Pradeep Kumar2
1Pharm-D, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Vaageswari College of Pharmacy, Karimnagar, Telangana.
2Associate Professor, Vaageswari College of Pharmacy, Karimnagar, Telangana
Corresponding Author: Gajjela Sirichandana
ABSTRACT
Now a days the physicians prescribe vitamin supplements in most of the prescription so this review focus on the need of vitamin supplements are necessary to support the disease condition or worsen the condition. Many individuals use multivitamin/mineral supplements for disease-mitigating or prophylactic purposes, most of them using vitamin supplements for chronic diseases, especially for Cardiovascular disease and cancer and also used in obesity-related diseases such as type 2 diabetes, end-stage renal disease, and osteoarthritis. Many of them share common risk factors for chronic diseases is deficiency of vitamins results in pathological changes, Examples include reduction of Oxidative damage by antioxidants, DNA methylation regulated by folate and B vitamins, bone metabolism regulated by vitamin D and calcium, and cell differentiation, proliferation, and growth regulated by retinol, calcium, and vitamin D.
Keywords: Vitamin deficiency, Vitamin supplements, cancer, diabetes, epilepsy, chronic kidney disease, psychiatric diseases.