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Role of CYP2D6 in the stereoselective disposition of venlafaxine in humans.
Pharmacogenetics - 1 Jan 2003
Eap Chin B, Lessard Etienne, Baumann Pierre, Brawand-Amey Marlyse, Yessine Marie-Andrée, O'Hara Gilles, Turgeon Jacques
Abstract excerpt
CYP2D6 is involved in the O-demethylation metabolic pathway of venlafaxine in humans. In this study, we investigated whether this isozyme is stereoselective. Plasma samples from seven CYP2D6 extensive metabolizers (EMs) and five CYP2D6 poor metabolizers (PMs), collected during a period without and with coadministration of quinidine, were analysed. Subjects were administered venlafaxine hydrochloride 18.75 mg...
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