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Chinedum Peace Babalola (née Anyabuike) FAS, FAAS is a Nigerian Professor of Pharmaceutical chemistry and Pharmacokinetics. She teaches Pharmacy at the University of Ibadan, FAS, and FAAS while also being the first Vice Chancellor of Chrisland University, Nigeria
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While in school, I was privileged to be among the best students and even got a Federal Government scholarship.
In most of the studies, there were between 50 and 80 per cent reduction in the effectiveness of these antibiotics. This is something people, especially healthcare providers should be mindful of.
There was also a need for staff development, and for this reason seminars were organised to equip the staff with the appropriate knowledge needed to carry out their duties as expected.
Pharmacy is one of the best professions in the world and was rated by Forbes in January 2015 as the best health care profession in the USA.
However, where the body’s ability to breakdown sulpha-containing drugs to safe compounds is slow, it ends up being changed into products that are not safe. This causes the adverse drug reaction that people experience.
This is called adverse drug reaction and it could occur with the intake of many drugs because no drug is 100 per cent safe. A particular one is the hypersensitivity to sulpha-containing drugs. It also occurs with drugs that contain amino compounds
Some drugs are expected to be taken after food, some are to be taken on an empty stomach. For drugs that should be taken in an empty stomach, studies have shown that when taken with food, there is an interaction which may reduce their effectiveness. Rather such drugs can be taken about 30 minutes before food.
When individuals take a drug, the body’s ability to break this down fast is dependent on the availability of the enzyme that does this in the body. In some people, it is fast while in others it is either mild or moderate.
Also, the rate at which the body is able to breakdown a drug could be genetic modified. So, it is possible based on a person’s genetic makeup to predict those that may react to some drugs. This makes some people’s reaction to particular drugs genetically.
Given that the drug–drug interaction occurs at the absorption level, such problem is ruled out when it is given in the injection form. Also, the time of their administration can be separated by between two to three hours to ensure the full benefits of the two drugs are assessed.
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