Episode 423: Pharmacology 101: Interaction Pathways

"When we think of drug interactions, specifically, the National Cancer Institute actually defines this as a change in the way a drug acts in the body when taken with certain other drugs, herbals, or foods or when taken with certain medical conditions. Drug interactions may cause the drug to either be more or less effective or cause effects on the body that are not expected," Carissa Ganihong, PharmD, BCOP, oncology and bone marrow transplantation clinical pharmacist at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey, told Jaime Weimer, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BS, AOCNS®, manager of oncology nursing practice at ONS, during a conversation about interaction pathways. Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust (http://www.incompetech.com/) " by Kevin MacLeod Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 Earn 0.5 contact hours of nursing continuing professional development (NCPD), including 30 minutes of pharmacotherapeutic content, by listening to the full recording and completing an evaluation at courses.ons.org by July 10, 2027. The planners and faculty for this episode have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. ONS is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Learning outcome: Learners will report increased knowledge related to drug interactions in oncology care. Episode Notes • Complete this evaluation for free NCPD (https://loginlr.ons.org/sso/jwt/redir...) . • ONS Podcast™ episodes: Pharmacology 101 series (https://www.ons.org/search?ons_global...) • ONS Voice articles: • Are Your Patients Taking Herbs That May Interact With Their Cancer Drugs? (https://www.ons.org/publications-rese...) • Pharmacogenomics Testing Helps to Ensure That Effective Therapy Is Safe Therapy (https://www.ons.org/publications-rese...) • Use of Herbal Products Carries Risk for Drug Interactions, but Patient–Clinician Knowledge, Communication Remain Low (https://www.ons.org/publications-rese...) • What the Research Says About Drug Interactions and Medical Cannabis (https://www.ons.org/publications-rese...) • ONS books: • Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy Guidelines and Recommendations for Practice (https://www.ons.org/store/books/chemo...) (second edition) • Clinical Guide to Antineoplastic Therapy: A Chemotherapy Handbook (https://www.ons.org/store/books/clini...) (fourth edition) • ONS Huddle Cards: • DPYD Gene and DPD Enzyme (https://www.ons.org/clinical-tools/hu...) • Pharmacogenomics (https://www.ons.org/clinical-tools/hu...) • ONS Oral Anticancer Medication Toolkit (https://www.ons.org/clinical-tools/re...) • American Journal of Nursing articles: • Understanding Pharmacokinetics: Part1: Drug Absorption (https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NAJ.000031...) • Understanding Pharmacokinetics: Part 2: Drug Distribution (https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NAJ.000032...) • Understanding Pharmacokinetics: Part 3: Drug Metabolism (https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NAJ.000032...) • Understanding Pharmacokinetics: Part 4: Drug Elimination (https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NAJ.000033...) • Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology articles: • Pharmacology, Part 1: Introduction to Pharmacology and Pharmacodynamics (https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.117.199588) • Pharmacology, Part 2: Introduction to Pharmacokinetics (https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.117.199638) • ClinPGx (https://www.clinpgx.org/) To discuss the information in this episode with other oncology nurses, visit the ONS Communities (http://communities.ons.org/) . To find resources for creating an ONS Podcast club ...