pubmed: Cytochrome P450 Huma… pubmed: Pharmacogenetics Hum… pubmed: Drug Interactions Hu…COMMENT Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is one of the most common psychiatric diagnoses of childhood, and many formulations of methylphenidate (e.g., Metadate CD, Focalin and Focalin XR, Ritalin LA, Concerta) are utilized for its treatment. Clinicians have puzzled why some individuals seem to be usually sensitive to methylphenidate products while others require high dosages. It [...]
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COMMENT: H. canadensis (goldenseal or Golden Seal, a perennial of the buttercup family), otherwise known as: yellow root, orange root, puccoon, ground raspberry or wild curcuma has been an important herbal medicine since settlers learned of it from Native Americans who used it for many purposes including:for mucosal infections, for colds or flu, for dyspepsia [...]
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President George Bush signed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act into law this afternoon, making it illegal to discriminate on matters of employment and health insurance in the US based on genetic information. Many Americans cited concern about the misuse of their genetic information as the reason they did not order genetic tests that could improve [...]
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Our friends at Helix Health, a medical practice with expertise in genomic medicine are hosting a free 90-minute webcast this Wednesday, May 21, 2008 from 1:00-2:30 PM EDT on: How Genomic Medicine Is Changing the Management of Breast & Ovarian Cancer. To register, point your browser here: http://event.netbriefings.com/event/helixhealth/register.html. Join NPR’s David Ewing Duncan, author Jessica [...]
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COMMENT: This article helps develop a picture of hepatic cells transporters, both the ABC and the SLC superfamilies and of the drugs they transport. ABC effluxers line the bile canniculi and export drugs into the bile while the SLCs are poised on the basolateral or blood border and influx drugs, both anionic and cationic. Phase [...]
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