Most people have heard of "prescription drugs" and "nutritional supplements", but few people have heard of "medical foods". Medical foods are a specific class defined by the FDA for treatment of patients under the supervision of a physician. While medical foods contain nutrient and medical foods have a National Drug Code numbers like prescription drugs they are a uniquely defined class by the FDA.

  A medical food is a nutrient product that addresses specific nutritional needs in the treatment of patients by physicians. Medical foods are used when dietary modification can not addressed nutrition driven problems. Medical foods are prescribed only under the supervision of a physician and are eligible for insurance reimbursement including Medicare.

  To the right are links to the medical food pages of CHK Nutrition. These medical foods are the product of in-clinic research by medical doctors since 1997. With regards to testing of these medical foods CHK Nutrition has documented over 13,000 patient-years of treatment by physicians using the original research formulas of these medical foods between 2004 and 2009. The success of these medical foods is dependent and the fact that physician are getting the expected results in treatment, results that can not be duplicated with prescription drugs which do not increase the total number of neurotransmitter molecules in the brain.

CHK Medical Foods

• Developed by Medical Doctors while caring for their patients
• Based on the data based experience of medical doctors in treating thousands of patients.
• Increases serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine in proper balance for optimal results.
• National Drug Code (NDC) numbers were assigned to these medical foods under FDA labeler number 49674.
• Used when dietary modification can not meet the unique needs of a disease or condition.
• Formally recognized by the FDA for the treatment of patients under the supervision of a physician.
• Over 100 million pills of the original research formulas of these medical foods are based on have been prescribed since 1997.

Under FDA guidelines Medical Food is used only under the supervision of a physician.

Medical Food Links