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In pharmaceutical sciences, drug interactions occur when a drug's mechanism of action is affected by the concomitant administration of substances such as foods, beverages, or other drugs. A popular example of drug–food interaction is the effect of grapefruit on the metabolism of drugs. Interactions may occur by simultaneous targeting of ...
DrugBank: a comprehensive resource for in silico drug discovery and exploration. [ 1] The DrugBank database is a comprehensive, freely accessible, online database containing information on drugs and drug targets created and maintained by the University of Alberta and The Metabolomics Innovation Centre located in Alberta, Canada. [ 1] As both a ...
[19] [31] For drugs recently sold on the market, drugs have information pages (monographs) that provide information on any potential interaction between a medication and grapefruit juice. [19] Because there is a growing number of medications that are known to interact with citrus, [ 1 ] patients should consult a pharmacist or physician before ...
ADME is the four-letter abbreviation (acronym) for absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion, and is mainly used in fields such as pharmacokinetics and pharmacology. The four letter stands for descriptors quantifying how a given drug interacts within body over time. The term ADME was first introduced in the 1960s, and has become a ...
Simvastatin. Simvastatin, sold under the brand name Zocor among others, is a statin, a type of lipid-lowering medication. [ 4] It is used along with exercise, diet, and weight loss to decrease elevated lipid levels. [ 4] It is also used to decrease the risk of heart problems in those at high risk. [ 4] It is taken by mouth.
D010600. Pharmacology is the science of drugs and medications, [ 1] including a substance's origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, therapeutic use, and toxicology. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and chemicals that affect normal or abnormal biochemical function. [ 2]
Medication package insert. A package insert is a document included in the package of a medication that provides information about that drug and its use. For prescription medications, the insert is technical, providing information for medical professionals about how to prescribe the drug. Package inserts for prescription drugs often include a ...
The interaction information is a generalization of the mutual information for more than two variables. There are many names for interaction information, including amount of information, [1] information correlation, [2] co-information, [3] and simply mutual information. [4] Interaction information expresses the amount of information (redundancy ...
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