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EPISODE · Aug 15, 2022 · 5 MIN

How can drugs change our salt concentration?

from Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists · host Dr Chris Smith

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

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