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Seafood: Friend or Foe? Why Seafood is Still Good for You, and What You Can Do to Keep Your Family Safe
https://www.jillcarnahan.com/2019/08/19/seafood-friend-or-foe-why-seafood-is-still-good-for-you-and-what-you-can-do-to-keep-your-family-safe/?utm_source=Flatiron+Functional+Medicine+Newsletter&utm_campaign=a11e7e0f09-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_06_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&ut...
Effect of voriconazole and other azole antifungal agents on CYP3A activity and metabolism of tacrolimus in human liver microsomes.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22106961 Comment; Inhibition of liver cytochrome P450 CYP3A inhibited the formation of 6β-hydroxytestosterone from testosterone and the metabolism of tacrolimus by 50%. Tacrolimus is an anti-rejection drug that inhibits T-Cell...
NAGALASE IN SERUM/PLASMA
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How Autoantibodies Circumvent the Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) in Autoimmune Encephalitis
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yf7vINhfinq7iMtqewMN8XfMikxz7l1z/view?usp=sharing Comment; Dr. Gazda writes great posts on the International Society of Environmentally Acquired Illness members forum. This is a classic of hers, a quick, easily understood overview of...
Drugmakers Endo, Allergan agree to $15 million in settlements in major opioid case
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-opioids-litigation/drugmakers-endo-allergan-agree-to-15-million-in-settlements-in-major-opioid-case-idUSKCN1VA1FU Comment; Pretty good haul for just two counties, I wonder how much of that will go to help those who need it? Nate...
Flavonoid intake is associated with lower mortality in the Danish Diet Cancer and Health Cohort
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-11622-x?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=organic&utm_campaign=NGMT_2_SJH_NRJournals Comment; More clarification and definition is good to have. Flavonoids help prevent cancer, dose effect plateaus at 500 mg/d...
Incidence of Pediatric Cannabis Exposure Among Children and Teenagers Aged 0 to 19 Years Before and After Medical Marijuana Legalization in Massachusetts
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2748051 Comment; "Attention Captain Obvious" my only disagreement with this waste of ink article is that; " This study provides additional evidence suggesting that MML may be associated with an increase in...
Initiating buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder during short‐term in‐patient ‘detoxification’: a randomized clinical trial
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/add.14737 Comment; As anticipated, folks in early addiction recovery stand a better chance at long-term abstinence with greater levels of personalized support, essentially hand-delivering them to further treatmentn after...
Amid Teen Vaping ‘Epidemic,’ Juul Taps Addiction Expert As Medical Director
https://californiahealthline.org/news/juul-hires-leading-teen-addiction-researcher-as-medical-director/ Comment; The company declined to make Rubinstein available for an interview. This pretty much sums up the problem. If Juul wanted to have a significant impact on...
America’s War on Drugs Has Treated People Unequally Since Its Beginning
https://time.com/5638316/war-on-drugs-opium-history/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the-brief&utm_content=20190817&xid=newsletter-brief Comment; We need a war on drugs. We also need a fair war on drugs and an acknowledgement that the CIA, Purdue...
New Data Indicate Rise in Opioid Use for Migraine Treatment
https://appwell.net/wp-admin/post-new.php Comment; Opioid's for migraine should be rarely used. Home sphenopalatine block by putting some lidocaine in each nostril provides safe, effective, fast relief without leaving sufferers incapacitated. 3-4 minutes to pain...
Simultaneous Use of Alcohol and Marijuana: Patterns and Individual Differences
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10826084.2019.1638407 Comment; Perhaps I'm a bit to traditional, but I think pot should remain controlled/not legalized. Alcohol would not be legalized today if it had to go through the FDA process for safety of a new...
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