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This is very interesting, and I think massively underestimates the variability in how small molecular drugs are affected by the body. Small differences in molec
by snitty 3y ago
This is very interesting, and I think massively underestimates the variability in how small molecular drugs are affected by the body. Small differences in molecules can have drastic effects on where, how, and how quickly they're adsorbed, and what systems they affect.
More than anything, I think this just underestimates the unpredictability of it all. To extend the author's metaphor, if you measure the 100 data points from shooting 10 different projectiles out of 10 different devices, on 10 different celestial bodies, you're still not going to have a lot of predictive power that can be generalized.
- bglazer 3y agoThis also ignores the effect of the microbiome, which metabolizes many drug compounds. Also how pre-existing conditions effect drug metabolism
- robwwilliams 3y agoAnd we haven’t even touched modeling, testing or predicting all of the genetic variants banging around in humans that strongly affect all aspects of pharmacokinetics. Half of pharmacokinstics is pharmacoGENETICS.