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Sufficient effect of 1-week omeprazole and amoxicillin dual treatment for Helicobacter pylori eradication in cytochrome P450 2C19 poor metabolizers.
Journal of gastroenterology - 1 Jan 1999
Aoyama N, Tanigawara Y, Kita T, Sakai T, Shirakawa K, Shirasaka D, Kodama F, Okumura K, Kasuga M
Abstract excerpt
Omeprazole is widely used for the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection. It is metabolized by cytochrome P450 2C19 enzyme (CYP2C19) in the liver. Because this enzyme exhibits a genetic polymorphism, patients with low metabolic activity (poor metabolizers) may be exposed to higher concentrations of this drug than are patients who are extensive metabolizers. Eighty-six patients with cultured H. pylori-positive...
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