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Possible Interaction: Phenytoin and Iron, Dietary

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Iron, Dietary

Research Papers that Mention the Interaction

Dietary iron reduces the anti-convulsion activity of PHT in a dose-dependent manner (0-6100 ppm).
The relationship between brain and plasma-unbound concentrations of PHT indicates that the penetration of PHT into brain is significantly inhibited by dietary iron.
Brain Research  •  2001  |  View Paper
The chemical structure of phenytoin indicates that there may be possible binding to iron ions.
Clinical and investigative medicine. Medecine clinique et experimentale  •  1993  |  View Paper