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Effects of clarithromycin and verapamil on rabeprazole pharmacokinetics between CYP2C19 genotypes.
European journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Aug 2006
Shimizu Mikiko, Uno Tsukasa, Yasui-Furukori Norio, Sugawara Kazunobu, Tateishi Tomonori
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Rabeprazole as a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) is mainly reduced to rabeprazole thioether via a nonenzymatic pathway, with minor CYP2C19 and CYP3A4 involvement. The aim of this study was to compare possible effects of clarithromycin and verapamil as inhibitors of CYP3A4 on the pharmacokinetics of rabeprazole among CYP2C19 genotypes. METHODS: A three-way randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled...
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