Article
[The clinical pharmacology of beta-adrenoblockers].
Klinicheskaia meditsina - 1 Jan 2006
Sychev D A, Ramenskaia G V, Ignat'ev I V, Smirnikhina S A, Kazakov R E, Kukes V G
Abstract excerpt
Beta-adrenoblockers (BAB) are highly-effective pharmaceuticals used broadly in treatment of cardial diseases. Response to BABs is known to display interindividual variability; pre-treatment analysis of allelic gene variants responsible for BAB pharmacokinetics, allows dose correction according to the genetic features of an individual patient. Pharmacogenetics is a young science, but it has already proven its...
Topics
- Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6
- DNA
- Genotype
- Heart Diseases
- Humans
- Pharmacogenetics
- Polymorphism, Genetic
