Cycle of Health
Medical Student Minute | Cytochrome P450
Special | 1m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
Tell your doctor about everything you take. It might affect your medications!
On the next Medical Student Minute, Alessandra Barlas explains why it's important to tell your doctor about everything you take—from supplements to alcohol—and how it can affect your medications.
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Cycle of Health is a local public television program presented by WCNY
Cycle of Health
Medical Student Minute | Cytochrome P450
Special | 1m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
On the next Medical Student Minute, Alessandra Barlas explains why it's important to tell your doctor about everything you take—from supplements to alcohol—and how it can affect your medications.
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Hi.
I'm first year medical student, Alessandra Balis.
Ever felt too embarrassed to tell your doc how much you drink or do street drugs?
Take leftover meds or supplements like Saint John's wort?
Did you know our genetic makeup influences the cytochrome P450 system?
Cool name Which affects how well or poorly our body makes use of drugs, including prescriptions.
And did you know that different substances we ingest affect the P450?
Chronic alcohol use antibiotics.
Saint John's wort can all boost it while acute alcohol use antidepressants, indigestion meds, and even grapefruit juice can all squash it, which can lead to side effects.
Some tiny, but some.
Whoa.
Really nasty.
Even kaboom.
No, I didn't know.
Heck, I just learned all about that myself.
So forget embarrassed, think settle P450 and just share it all.
I'm Alessandra Bali with my medical student minute.
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