Vitamins and essential cofactors

Class at a glance

• Required micronutrients/coenzymes

Practical pearls

• Excess is not harmless for every vitamin

Members / distinctions

• Deficiency can mimic neurologic/hematologic disease
• Replacement is highly effective when deficient

Clinical role

• Pharmacologic doses can have distinct uses
• Mechanistic roles often involve enzyme cofactors

Self-check

• What can vitamin deficiency mimic?
  Neurologic or hematologic disease.
• Is excess intake harmless for every vitamin?
  No.

Drugs in this class (17)

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