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SLCO1B1 polymorphism and sex affect the pharmacokinetics of pravastatin but not fluvastatin.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics - 1 Oct 2006
Niemi Mikko, Pasanen Marja K, Neuvonen Pertti J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Pravastatin is a hydrophilic substrate and fluvastatin a lipophilic substrate of the hepatic uptake transporter organic anion transporting polypeptide 1B1 encoded by SLCO1B1. Our aim was to compare the effects of SLCO1B1 polymorphism on the pharmacokinetics of pravastatin and fluvastatin. METHODS: We recruited 4 healthy volunteers (3 men and 1 woman) with the homozygous SLCO1B1 c.521CC genotype, 12 (7...
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