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The Use of Medications and Dietary Supplements by Masters Athletes - a Review
Current Nutrition Reports, Vol.11(2), pp.253-262
06/2022
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Abstract
Purpose of Review Masters athletes (MA) are generally considered healthier than their sedentary peers. However, the prevalence of chronic conditions in any population increases with age. Treatments involve pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions. A substantial proportion of the general population also use dietary supplements (DS). This raises questions about the potential for drug-nutrient interactions which may lead to adverse effects. We sought to determine the potential for drug-nutrient interactions MA may be exposed to by examining the prevalence of chronic conditions treated with medications and their DS use.
Recent Findings Common conditions in MA include hypertension, hyperlipidemia, asthma, osteoarthritis, depression and anxiety. Treatments may involve prescribed medications. Few recent studies were identified on DS use; however, indications are for around 60% prevalence of supplement usage.
Summary The higher prevalence of DS use by MA may result in drug-nutrient interactions that impact the effectiveness and safety of prescribed medications for chronic conditions.
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- Title
- The Use of Medications and Dietary Supplements by Masters Athletes - a Review
- Creators
- Joanna Harnett - The University of SydneyMike Climstein - Southern Cross UniversityJoe Walsh - Sports Science InstituteJanelle Gifford - The University of Sydney
- Publication Details
- Current Nutrition Reports, Vol.11(2), pp.253-262
- Publisher
- Springer Healthcare
- Grant note
- Open Access funding enabled and organized by CAUL and its Member Institutions.
- Identifiers
- 991013026485602368
- Copyright
- © The Author(s) 2022 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
- Academic Unit
- Human Sciences; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article