For more online information on food-drug interactions, visit the U.S. National Library of Medicine or National Institutes of Health Clinical Center Drug-Nutrient Interaction Task Force.
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Reviewed December 11, 2012
by Michele Blacksberg RN
Edited by Jody Smith
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