New model identifies drugs that shouldn ’t be taken together

Any drug that is taken orally must pass through the lining of the digestive tract. Transporter proteins found on cells that line the GI tract help with this process, but for many drugs, it’s unknown which of those transporters they use to exit the digestive tract.

Identifying the transporters used by specific drugs could help to improve patient treatment because if two drugs rely on the same transporter, they can interfere with each other and should not be prescribed together.

Source: World Pharma News - February 20, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news