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Salt in effervescent and dispersible medications: prescriber beware
Author(s) -
George Jacob,
Majeed Waseem,
Mackenzie Isla,
MacDonald Thomas,
Wei Li
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.1182
Subject(s) - george (robot) , citation , medicine , library science , salt lake , classics , art history , history , computer science , paleontology , structural basin , biology
an addiction to salt that has adversely impacted public health not only in ‘developed’ nations but also in poorer nations that have acquired a taste for high-salt, high-fat, Western fast-food diets. Whether through the widespread presence of salt shakers on every dining table of homes and restaurants or whether in hidden form as seen in many processed foods, salt consumption has increased in most nations and governmental efforts to reduce consumption have met with mixed success.1–4 Public health measures have, quite rightly, focused on reducing sodium content in foods with the introduction of measures such as the traffic-light system championed by groups such as Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH).5 It has been estimated that a 3g per day reduction in salt (1.2g sodium) would prevent 30 000 cardiovascular events and save the NHS at least £40 million a year.6