Mechanisms and consequencesThe side effects of many prescribed medicines include altered glycaemic status which is associated with physical harm to ...
September 11, 2023
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The interface between prescribed medicines and nutritional factors is so overlooked that it is commonly referred to as drug-nutrient interactions. We decided PharmacoNutrition is a suitable name as it encompasses the broad scope of the field.
Pharmaconutrition interactions are overlooked because -
The ultimate question is “Who will conduct the research?”:
PharmacoNutrition comprises 2 components -
The online platform Medications & Nutrition provides a comprehensive range of clinically-useful, referenced, research evidence that is presented in a dot point format to improve accessibility to the latest research for busy clinicians. Examples of integration formats are included in the Case study component of our MedNut Mail series.
August 1, 2023
Mechanisms and consequencesMultidrug resistance proteins (MRPs) are efflux transporters and as such are responsible for the movement of a wide ...
July 24, 2023
Guest case studyGuest case study - hypercalcaemia is based on a question from a concerned clinician.Oral calcium intake - no ...
July 10, 2023
Mechanisms and consequencesOATs(Organic Anion Transporters) are primarily influx transporters albeit some are bidirectional. They can transport a wide variety of ...
June 26, 2023
Mechanisms and consequencesOATPs (Organic Anion Transporting Proteins) are influx transporters ie transport substrates from blood into organs and cells. OATPs ...
June 12, 2023
Mechanisms and consequencesPermeability-glycoprotein is known as P-glycoprotein or P-gp or multidrug resistance protein (MDR1/2); it has a large and versatile ...
May 29, 2023
Mechanisms and consequencesThe Sodium Vitamin C Transporters (SVCTs) regulate vitamin C homeostasis (system stability) such that excessive intakes result in ...
May 22, 2023
Mechanisms and consequencesMATE1/2 (Multi drug and toxin exclusion transporters MATE1 and MATE2) are major efflux transporters involved in the hepatic ...
May 15, 2023
Mechanisms and consequencesBCRP (Breast Cancer Resistance Protein) seems to be an initial defence against environmental insults such as phototoxic skin ...
May 8, 2023
Mechanisms and consequencesThe thiamine transporters Thiamine Transporter 1 (THTR1) and Thiamine Transporter 2 (THTR2) transfer thiamine and pyridoxine, and are ...
May 1, 2023
Mechanisms and consequencesSMVT (Sodium Multivitamin Transporter) facilitates the uptake of biotin, pantothenic acid, lipoic acid, and iodine from the gut ...
April 10, 2023
Mechanisms and consequencesOCTs regulate the transfer of many essential organic cations across biological membranes and therefore have an essential role ...
April 3, 2023
Mechanisms and consequencesMembrane transporters enable substances to cross impermeable cell membranes. Whilst they primarily transfer endogenous substances such as nutrients, ...
March 27, 2023
Mechanisms and consequencesMetformin’s role in healthcare management is expanding and is now being considered as a treatment for some cancers, ...
December 15, 2022
Mechanisms and consequencesCoagulation (blood clotting) is a process that prevents excessive bleeding when a blood vessel is injured. Usually, a ...
December 5, 2022
Mechanisms and consequencesDOACs (direct oral anticoagulants) are becoming the preferred option for coagulation management because they do not require the ...
November 7, 2022
Mechanisms and consequencesMedications, medicines, drugs are used interchangeably to describe chemical substances that are administered to confer therapeutic benefit; they ...
November 2, 2022
Mechanisms and consequencesAcid-base imbalance is now being associated with a range of Western health disorders including insulin resistance, diabetes, thyroid ...
October 24, 2022
Mechanisms and consequencesSteady state concentration is the period during which the therapeutic levels remain constant. It is achieved when a ...
October 17, 2022
Mechanisms and consequencesI now understand why duration of therapeutic effect of the non-insulin diabetes drugs is not an integral part ...
