Study of common medicine on gut bacteria shows reduced efficacy
Sep
10
15 common drugs were combined and tested with 25 different gut bacteria to see how they interacted. The researchers found that the drug accumulated in the gut bacteria demonstrated some signs of reduction in the availability of the drug to the rest of the human body. It is believed that the accumulation altered bacterial function, believed to be linked to side-effects. The research was first reported in Nature.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-09-common-medications-accumulate-gut-bacteria.amp
https://www.genengnews.com/news/microbiomes-metabolism-altered-by-bioaccumulation-of-medications/