Blogs about: Drug Interactions
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Drug Interactions of Oral Contraceptives
COMMENT: The drug interactions of oral contraceptives (OCs) are quite complex. They are both a victim to CYP3A4 inducers- leading to possible reduction of ethinyl estradiol concentration and pregnancy… more »
A Forum for Improving Drug Safety
Drug Interactions
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tungtide wrote 2 weeks ago: We have been a little light on posts over here so I thought I would bounce a post up that has to do … more »
Drug Interactions of Oral Contraceptives
joesterheld wrote 1 month ago: COMMENT: The drug interactions of oral contraceptives (OCs) are quite complex. They are both a victi … more »
Herb-Drug Interactions
joesterheld wrote 2 months ago: COMMENT: H. canadensis (goldenseal or Golden Seal, a perennial of the buttercup family), otherwise … more »
The role of hepatic transporters in drug elimination
DNADiva wrote 2 months ago: COMMENT: This article helps develop a picture of hepatic cells transporters, both the ABC and the SL … more »
Interview with a Pharmacist
currligirl wrote 2 months ago: Hi Everyone, I couldn’t possibly write anything better than this. Go to www.dearpharmacist.c … more »
OATP Knock Out Murine Model
DNADiva wrote 2 months ago: COMMENT: The mutant in vivo mouse model or the so-called “knock out” (ko) mouse in which … more »
Desipramine / Bupropion Clinical Drug-Drug Interaction
DNADiva wrote 3 months ago: COMMENT: The fact that desipramine levels were doubled with the addition of bupropion was a surprisi … more »
Medication Management
jstreed wrote 3 months ago: Hundreds of thousands of people go to the emergency room every year because of problems with medic … more »
Science magazine fuels DNA testing controvery with prejudicial misquote
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DNADiva wrote 3 months ago: There is a policy comment due out in Science today in which Genelex’s website is prejudicially quo … more »
Pharmacokinetic Interaction Between Tadalafil and Bosentan in Healthy Male Subjects
DNADiva wrote 3 months ago: COMMENT: Combinations of agents are being tried for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)- a serious … more »
Drug-drug interactions in a geriatric outpatient cohort
DNADiva wrote 3 months ago: COMMENT: This article speaks to the clinical significance of drug interactions in a particularly sus … more »
Pharmacokinetic interactions between contraceptives and antiepileptic drugs
DNADiva wrote 4 months ago: COMMENT: This is a short review of an important subject especially for psychiatrists and neurologist … more »
Baclofen (Oral Route)
Bonnie wrote 4 months ago: Description Baclofen is used to help relax certain muscles in your body. It relieves the spasms, cra … more »
ABC drug transporters as molecular targets for the prevention of multidrug resistance and drug-drug interactions
DNADiva wrote 4 months ago: COMMENT: Research about the ABC transporters has been skyrocketing in the last 3 years. These transp … more »
Frequency and clinical relevance of drug interactions with lovastatin and simvastatin : an observational database study
DNADiva wrote 4 months ago: COMMENT:: Although clinicians should be aware of potential drug interactions with the statins that a … more »
Inhibitory effects of fruit juices on CYP3A activity
DNADiva wrote 4 months ago: COMMENT: This pair of articles highlights the importance of not relying on invitro data in predictin … more »
Update on Rifampin and Rifabutin Drug Interactions
DNADiva wrote 5 months ago: COMMENT:: Review of this area is important since in many parts of the world, rifampin is the only dr … more »
Herbal and dietary supplement--drug interactions in patients with chronic illnesses.
DNADiva wrote 5 months ago: Dr. Oesterheld’s Comment: This article reviews an important drug interaction area. I generally ag … more »
Assessment of drug-drug interaction for silymarin
DNADiva wrote 5 months ago: Dr Oesterheld’s Comment: Silymarin (aka silibinin, silybin) is an extract of milk thistle, an ant … more »
