Human serum albumin (HSA) is the most abundant protein in the blood plasma. Drug binding to HSA is crucial to study the absorption, distribution, metabolism, efficiency and bioavailability of drug molecules. In this study, isothermal titration calorimetry and molecular dynamics simulation of HSA and its complex with indometacin (IM) were performed to investigate thermodynamics parameters and th...

Dolutegravir is neither an inducer nor inhibitor of metabolising enzymes, and it therefore has a low propensity to act as perpetrator drug-drug interactions. Clinically significant decreases in dolutegravir exposure occur when co-administered with strong inducers (e.g. rifampicin, efavirenz) drug enzymes efflux transporters for which substrate – this can be overcome by increasing the dose from ...

  Drug-food interactions can increase or decrease drug effects, resulting in therapeutic failure or toxicity. Activities that reduce these interactions play an important role for clinical pharmacists. This study was planned and performed in order to determine the role of clinical pharmacist in the prevention of absorption drug-food interactions through educating the nurses in a teaching hospita...

Cancer patients are more susceptible to adverse drug-drug interactions (DDIs) due to receiving multiple medications especially chemotherapy medications, hormonal agents and supportive care drugs. The aim of this study is to describe the prevalence of potential DDIs and to identify risk factors for these potential interactions in hospitalized cancer patients in a developing country.A cross-secti...

Cancer patients are more susceptible to adverse drug-drug interactions (DDIs) due to receiving multiple medications especially chemotherapy medications, hormonal agents and supportive care drugs. The aim of this study is to describe the prevalence of potential DDIs and to identify risk factors for these potential interactions in hospitalized cancer patients in a developing country.A cross-secti...

11 Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) was utilised to investigate suitability of the technique to determine 12 the stoichiometry and thermodynamics of the interactions that occur between a commonly used chemotherapeutic 13 drug, namely doxorubicin, and a polymer bead-based drug delivery embolisation system (DC BeadTM). Six 14 temperatures were selected for drug-polymer titrations (293 to 31...

Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) was utilised to investigate suitability of the technique to determine the stoichiometry and thermodynamics of the interactions that occur between a commonly used chemotherapeutic drug, namely doxorubicin, and a polymer bead-based drug delivery embolisation system (DC Bead™). Six temperatures were selected for drug-polymer titrations (293-313 K) and in all ...

  Drug-food interactions can increase or decrease drug effects, resulting in therapeutic failure or toxicity. Activities that reduce these interactions play an important role for clinical pharmacists. This study was planned and performed in order to determine the role of clinical pharmacist in the prevention of absorption drug-food interactions through educating the nurses in a teaching hospita...