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Relative impact of CYP3A genotype and concomitant medication on the severity of atorvastatin-induced muscle damage.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Jun 2005
Wilke Russell A, Moore Jason H, Burmester James K
Abstract excerpt
Atorvastatin is metabolized through enzymes encoded by members of the cytochrome P-450 (CYP) 3A gene family. Some patients who take atorvastatin along with concomitant medications known to inhibit CYP3A enzyme activity (e.g. itraconazole) develop rhabdomyolysis secondary to a severe drug-induced myopathy. The present study aimed to characterize the relationship between CYP3A gene polymorphisms and...
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