Episode 513
How can drugs change our salt concentration?
How can our body's internal processes be changed by medication and drugs?
Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists
August 15, 20225m 40s
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Show Notes
Listener Kandi wrote into the Naked Scientists to explain the science behind this major medication method. "I have Hyponatremia as a result of a medication. How does a drug stop your body from using/absorbing the salt you consume?" Otis Kingsman spoke to Gerogetown University's professor of medicine, Joseph G Verbalis to find the answer... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
Joseph VerbalisHyponatremiaHyponatremia medicinesalt absorbtiondrugsinternal processesbody functions