AVOIDING DRUG INTERACTIONS WITH YOUR TKI

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“Part 2

Any medication has the potential of interacting with other substances, such as foods, beverages, other prescription drugs, supplements and over-the-counter medicines. One reason is that these substances need to be broken down by specialized enzymes in the liver and intestine, and various substances can have different effects on these enzymes.

In Part 1, we looked at how fruit juices can interfere with how your body metabolizes your TKI (tyrosine kinase inhibitor) medication, which may have an impact on the effectiveness of treatment or the frequency of side effects (see The grapefruit effect: what you need to know, CML-IQ, July 17, 2014).

Now let’s look at some of the drug interactions that can occur with TKIs (Gleevec, Tasigna, Sprycel).“

http://cml-iq.com/avoiding-drug-interactions-tki/