NUTR-4240 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Cytochrome P450, Renal Function, Renal Physiology
15 Dec 2018
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Drugs are any chemicals that affect living processes. Toxicity can be related to alterations in drug levels within the body, leading to increased or decreased efficacy. Drug-nutrient interactions include specific changes to the activity of a drug caused by a nutrient or nutrients, or changes to the kinetics of a nutrient caused by a drug. Food-drug interactions effects the medication on a nutritional status. They reduce the efficacy of a drug can result in longer or repeated stays in health care facilities, disease progression and increased morbidity and mortality. Polypharmacy the use of four or more medications during a single time period, can potentiate the risks for food-drug interactions. Pharmacology is the study of drugs and their interactions with systems. Drugs are administered to produce a pharmacologic effect in a target organ or tissue. The drug must move from the site of drug action.
