Gut Microbiome Can Alter Medications ….from converting medicine into an inactive state to changing it into a toxin, potentially causing side effects

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Oh goodie ..... something new to worry about .

Not a lot of "there", there, but interesting ....

Can gut microbiome alter drug safety and efficacy?
Princeton researchers catalog the intestinal microbial community's impact on oral medications
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200610135051.htm

 

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@ljimbo423
Tagging you in yet again .... because I know you have an interest in the subject

 

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@IThinkImTurningJapanese
C. Cat !!!! It's soooooo good to see you .... I've been wodering where you got to, haven't seen you around

 

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.... and @ljimbo423 .... glad you got the tag .... interesting article, even if not a lot of info ....

 

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@IThinkImTurningJapanese .....
Damn !!! You're fast CC !!!

 

[ljimbo423]

Gut Microbiome Can Alter Medications ….from converting medicine into an inactive state to changing it into a toxin, potentially causing side effects

Thanks for tagging me @YippeeKi YOW !!

This might be one reason why so many of us are sensitive to both medications and supplements!?!?

 

[Wishful]

This is something else to bring up with doctors who prescribe a drug and then blame the patient for it not working 'the way it's supposed to'.

 

[maple]

Is there a shortage of reasons, @Wishful? I don’t think so! We are so vulnerable to dismissals. Sadly.

 

[Wishful]

Ah, but I meant it is something to direct the doctor to, as a research paper. Even having one scientifically proven example for why drugs don't work the same for everyone means that you can say: "It doesn't work for me, and not all drugs work for all patients, so just mark this one down as 'doesn't work'." It gives the patient a bit more confidence in refusing the doctor's insistence that it will work. It's just another tool you can use in dealing with your doctor. Maybe it won't work, but maybe, sometime, it will.

 

[maple]

@Wishful. You make a very good point!

 

[YippeeKi YOW !!]

This is something else to bring up with doctors who prescribe a drug and then blame the patient for it not working 'the way it's supposed to'.

Excellent, excellent point, and I'm deeply embarrassed that it didnt occur to me .... in my defense, been doing a bit of fighting the slide recently ....

Yeah. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it ....