Article
Dextromethorphan and mephenytoin phenotyping of patients treated with thioridazine or amitriptyline.
Therapeutic drug monitoring - 1 Feb 1992
Baumann P, Meyer J W, Amey M, Baettig D, Bryois C, Jonzier-Perey M, Koeb L, Monney C, Woggon B
Abstract excerpt
The metabolism of most tricyclic antidepressants and some phenothiazine neuroleptics is under the genetic control of hepatic cytochrome P-450IID6, which also regulates the metabolism of dextromethorphan. This study investigated the effect of treatment with amitriptyline or thioridazine on testing for genetically regulated efficiency of the metabolism of dextromethorphan and mephenytoin. One group of 33 patients...
Topics
- Adult
- Amitriptyline
- Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
- Dextromethorphan
- Female
- Humans
- Liver
- Male
