Prescribed Drugs and the Microbiome.

Brusselaers N

Gastroenterol Clin North Am 48 (3) 331-342 [2019-09-00; online 2019-06-12]

The interaction between drug use, the microbiome, and the host is complex and multidimensional. Drugs and the microbiota may be risk factors or protective factors for disease. These interactions may explain interpersonal variations in drug efficacy and toxicity, but also interpersonal variations in microbiota composition and functioning, and potential (long-term) side effects from drugs.

PubMed 31383274

DOI 10.1016/j.gtc.2019.04.002

Crossref 10.1016/j.gtc.2019.04.002

pii: S0889-8553(19)30028-7


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