Bioaccumulation of Drugs by Human Gut Bacteria Can Affect Drug Availability - Contagionlive.com

A new study demonstrated that gut organisms can alter drug availability by biotransformation on a significantly broader scale than previously expected.

It is well known that orally administered drugs can affect the gut microbiome, resulting in dysbiosis-mediated adverse effects.1,2 A common example is antibiotic-associated diarrhea. Less understood … [+6098 chars]

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