Mechanisms and consequences Aspects of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) and pharmaconutrition have been written about ...
March 6, 2023
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February 27, 2023
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Mechanisms and consequences Metformin is a commonly prescribed first line intervention in NIDDM management ...
February 20, 2023
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Metformin was developed and released in the late 1950’s and within a decade was ...
February 14, 2023
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February 6, 2023
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A throw-away comment in a relatively recent paper that metformin was associated with diminishing ...
January 30, 2023
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Membrane transporters are steadily gaining recognition as important factors in the absorption, distribution, metabolism, ...
January 23, 2023
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Mechanisms and consequences Metformin is the fourth most commonly prescribed medicine in the world ...
December 15, 2022
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December 5, 2022
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DOACs (direct oral anticoagulants) are becoming the preferred option for coagulation management because they ...
November 28, 2022
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Mechanisms and consequences Warfarin-vitamin K interactions are well-known warfarin-food interactions and so those prescribed ...
November 21, 2022
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Warfarin is an anticoagulant for which there is a well-known coagulation interaction with vitamin ...
November 14, 2022
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Mechanisms and consequences Vitamin K encompasses several compounds that have similar structures and physiological ...
November 7, 2022
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Mechanisms and consequences Medications, medicines, drugs are used interchangeably to describe chemical substances that ...
November 2, 2022
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Acid-base imbalance is now being associated with a range of Western health disorders including ...
October 24, 2022
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Steady state concentration is the period during which the therapeutic levels remain constant. It ...
October 17, 2022
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Mechanisms and consequences I now understand why duration of therapeutic effect of the non-insulin ...
October 10, 2022
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Insulin resistance is defined as a lack of cellular response to insulin – likely ...
October 4, 2022
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Insulin is a highly effective anabolic hormone that is primarily produced in the pancreas, ...
September 27, 2022
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Mechanisms and consequences Supported by policies, practices and programs, harm minimisation is essentially a ...
September 20, 2022
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Mechanisms and consequences Denosumab is prescribed for the treatment of bone loss in adults ...
September 15, 2022
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Bone health is so important and so overlooked and is usually only considered once ...
September 8, 2022
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Guest case study A reader sent in this list of prescribed medications and did ...
July 25, 2022
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Neuroinflammation occurs when the brain’s innate immune system is challenged by factors such as ...
July 19, 2022
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Costs of inaction is a term typically associated with business decisions. What are the ...
July 12, 2022
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Pantothenate is important in many basic physiological functions, and especially as a precursor for ...
July 6, 2022
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Mechanisms and consequences Caffeine is a commonly consumed foodstuff, typically found in beverages such ...
June 29, 2022
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Mechanisms and consequences Astrocytes are overlooked essential intermediaries in neurological physiology. Astrocytes operate on ...
June 21, 2022
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Elevated blood levels of nutrients are currently neither looked for nor considered to contribute ...
June 15, 2022
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Mechanisms and consequences Pyridoxine (Vitamin B6) is important in many body functions and is ...
June 8, 2022
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