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Dose-escalation study of isoniazid in healthy volunteers with the rapid acetylator genotype of arylamine N-acetyltransferase 2.
European journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Oct 2007
Kubota Ryuji, Ohno Masako, Hasunuma Tomoko, Iijima Hajime, Azuma Junichi
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Genetic polymorphisms of arylamine N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) result in large interindividual differences in the plasma concentration of isoniazid (INH). We hypothesized that the internationally recommended dosage should be increased for patients with two active NAT2 alleles (RA type) in order to achieve appropriate antituberculous efficiency; however, the pharmacokinetic effects of the dose increase...
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