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Metabolism of tacrolimus (FK506) and recent topics in clinical pharmacokinetics.
Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics - 1 Oct 2007
Iwasaki Kazuhide
Abstract excerpt
Tacrolimus (FK506), an immunosuppressive drug, is co-medicated with multiple drugs under clinical conditions. Tacrolimus is highly lipophilic and is excreted from the body after receiving extensive metabolism. Due to its narrow therapeutic window following organ transplantation, tacrolimus requires therapeutic drug monitoring by an enzyme immunoassay using the monoclonal antibody raised against tacrolimus....
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