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Metabolism of desipramine in Japanese psychiatric patients: the impact of CYP2D6 genotype on the hydroxylation of desipramine.
Pharmacology & toxicology - 1 Jun 2000
Shimoda K, Morita S, Hirokane G, Yokono A, Someya T, Takahashi S
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We investigated the impact of the genotype of CYP2D6 on the hydroxylation of desipramine in eighteen patients who were administered desipramine hydrochloride per os. Significantly higher plasma concentration of desipramine/daily dose of desipramine/body weight was observed in the subjects with two mutated alleles than in the subjects with either no mutated alleles or one mutated allele (two mutated alleles versus...
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