IS IT POSSIBLE TO FORECAST FOOD DRUG INTERACTION?
Authors: Kamla Pathak
Keywords: Drug interaction, medication, drugs co-administration o
Abstract
Most people have the mistaken belief that being natural, all herbs and foods are safe. It cannot be said to be true. The herbs and foods may interact with medications taken, that may result in serious side reactions. For the simple reason that like oral medication, food and herbs also traverse the same gastrointestinal path. Hence co-administration of drugs and food/herbs may affect the absorption of the drugs by altering gastric pH, secretion, gastrointestinal motility and transit time; and consequently therapeutic efficacy.
Timeline
Received
Jun 5, 2017
Revised
Jul 15, 2017
40 days later
Accepted
Jul 20, 2017
5 days later
Published
Oct 16, 2024
2645 days later
Article Type: Original research article
First Page & Last Page: 15 - 16
Collection Year: 2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21065/19204159.9.15