title: Metabolics and biologicals in the workplace.
abstract: Potential decrements in job performance are associated with a wide variety of pharmaceutical agents, including antimetabolites, antineoplastics, gout medications, biologicals, hormones, plasma fractions, and antibiotics. The number of potential employees taking these medications ranges from less than 1 in 1000 for the antineoplastics in 1 in 10 for some biologicals. Whether a particular employee will experience a medication-induced performance decrement with these medications, as well as the extent of such a decrement, is in large part a function of factors such as individuality in drug response, the employee's age and diet, and drug interactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226.
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Greaves
mesh_terms: D000963:Antimetabolites / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001685:Biological Factors / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000494:pharmacology; D004347:Drug Interactions; D006801:Humans; D009787:Occupational Medicine; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000187:drug effects*; D014937:Work
chemical_list: D000963:Antimetabolites; D001685:Biological Factors