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ArticleInternational journal of preventive medicine2015

Commentary on prevention a possible drug-drug interaction: is concurrent administration of orlistat and pioglitazone increase the risk of durg-induced hepatotoxicity?

Marjan Emzhik, Parvaneh Rahimi-Moghaddam, Soltan Ahmad Ebrahimi, Fariborz Keyhanfar, Ashraf Sadat Moazzam

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Article in International journal of preventive medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  1. Effect of ginseng extract on the TGF-β1 signaling pathway in CClBMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2017
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  2. RAW REHMANNIA RADIX POLYSACCHARIDE CAN EFFECTIVELY RELEASE PEROXIDATIVE INJURY INDUCED BY DUCK HEPATITIS A VIRUS.African journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM · 2017
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Marjan EmzhikDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Scieneces, Tehran, Iran.
Parvaneh Rahimi-MoghaddamDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Scieneces, Tehran, Iran.
Soltan Ahmad EbrahimiDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Scieneces, Tehran, Iran.
Fariborz KeyhanfarDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Scieneces, Tehran, Iran.
Ashraf Sadat MoazzamDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Scieneces, Tehran, Iran.
Iran University of Medical Sciences · IRTehran University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDrug-drug interactions (DDIs) are an emerging threat to public health and are difficult to detect. To prevent DDIs and their burden, the possible DDIs should be kept in mind. We know that the obesity predisposes to the development of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Therefore, combinational uses of antiobesity drugs and glucose-lowering drugs are very common. As the hepatotoxicity of both pioglitazone (an antidiabetic drug) and orlistat (an antiobesity drug) has been shown in some cases, the aim of this study was to evaluate the interaction of pioglitazone and orlistat in human hepatocellular cell line human hepatocellular carcinoma (HepG2) cells to determine their effect on liver toxicity.

methodsHuman hepatocellular carcinoma cells were treated with 25 μM Pioglitazon (Pio), 20 μM Orlistat (Orl) pioglitazone, orlistat or combination of them. The MTT assay was used to assess cell viability.

resultsPioglitazone and orlistat combination caused a loss of HepG2 cell viability. While pioglitazone (25 μM) and orliatat (20 μM) alone decreased the cell viability around 91% and 85% respectively (notsignificant, P > 0.05), the combination of these two drugs reduced the amount of viable cells to 55% which was significant when compared with each drug alone (P < 0.001).

conclusionsRevealing the significant loss of viability of HepG2 cells in the combination use of pioglitazone and orlistat indicates these two drugs should not be administered at the same time to prevent their hepatotoxic effects especially in patients with liver dysfunction.

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Drug-drug interactionhuman hepatocellular carcinoma cellsliver toxicityorlistatpioglitazone

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