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Application of semisimultaneous midazolam administration for hepatic and intestinal cytochrome P450 3A phenotyping.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics - 1 Dec 2002
Lee Jang-Ik, Chaves-Gnecco Diego, Amico Janet A, Kroboth Patricia D, Wilson John W, Frye Reginald F
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OBJECTIVES: Determination of hepatic and intestinal cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A activity is important, because CYP3A substrates show substantial variability in plasma concentrations as a result of variations in both hepatic and intestinal metabolism. The goals of this study were (1) to determine whether the hepatic and intestinal extraction ratios (ER(H) and ER(G), respectively) of the CYP3A probe drug midazolam are...
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