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⚗️ How Drug Interactions Actually Work

Why some combinations are dangerous even if both drugs are common.

How Medications Are Processed In The Body

  • Your liver acts as the primary filter for most drugs you swallow.
  • It uses **enzymes**, which are proteins that break down substances, to change medicine into a form your body can use or remove.
  • When you take two drugs, they may compete for the same enzyme.
  • This can cause one drug to build up to toxic levels or cause the other to stop working entirely.
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