Why may clients on cholestyramine therapy have some vitamin deficiencies?
Cholestyramine has an affinity for vitamins A and D and perhaps K. It may be advisable to give supplements of these vitamins in a water-miscible form by mouth or parenterally during cholestyramine therapy. The absorption of folate may also be impaired and, if this is suspected, folic acid supplements should be given. • Carotene is widespread in the plant kingdom. Would you expect mushrooms to be a good source and why? Mushrooms are no longer considered to belong to the plant kingdom. However mushrooms, like all fungi, being autotrophs, lack the pigments that are involved in photosynthetic processes such as chlorophyll and the accessory pigment, beta-carotene. • Why would one consider polar bear liver to be poisonous? Polar bear liver can contain potentially toxic amounts of vitamins A and D, which if ingested has been known to cause hypervitaminoses. Eskimos are known to avoid the ingestion of the liver of polar bears. • Why do alcoholics often become deficient in the B vitamins? Alcoh
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