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ABCB1 genetic variability and methadone dosage requirements in opioid-dependent individuals.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics - 1 Dec 2006
Coller Janet K, Barratt Daniel T, Dahlen Karianne, Loennechen Morten H, Somogyi Andrew A
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The most common treatment for opioid dependence is substitution therapy with another opioid such as methadone. The methadone dosage is individualized but highly variable, and program retention rates are low due in part to nonoptimal dosing resulting in withdrawal symptoms and further heroin craving and use. Methadone is a substrate for the P-glycoprotein transporter, encoded by the...
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