interactions_check
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Which vitamins and minerals interact with given medications (generic or brand names, e.g. "warfarin", "Synthroid") or conditions, per the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements fact sheets, with timing advice (e.g. take levothyroxine 4 hours apart from calcium). No product list needed; to check an actual stack, pass medications to stack_analyze instead. Not exhaustive.
Input Schema
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| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| nutrients | No | Optional: only report interactions involving these nutrients or botanicals (IDs or names, e.g. "vitamin-k", "magnesium", "St. John's wort") | |
| conditions | No | Conditions that change how NIH reads a dose: smoker (current or former, or asbestos exposure: beta-carotene), kidney_disease (potassium, magnesium, phosphorus), hemochromatosis (iron, vitamin C), lab_test_soon (biotin interferes with lab tests), cancer_treatment (antioxidant doses) | |
| medications | No | Medications the person takes, as generic or brand names ("warfarin", "Synthroid", "metformin 500 mg"). Checked against the medication interactions listed in the NIH ODS fact sheets; not exhaustive. Never logged. |