Article
Pharmacokinetics of codeine and its metabolites in Caucasian healthy volunteers: comparisons between extensive and poor hydroxylators of debrisoquine.
British journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Jun 1991
Yue Q Y, Hasselström J, Svensson J O, Säwe J
Abstract excerpt
1. The kinetics of codeine and seven of its metabolites codeine-6-glucuronide (C6G), norcodeine (NC), NC-glucuronide (NCG), morphine (M), M-3 (M3G) and 6-glucuronides (M6G), and normorphine (NM) were investigated after a single oral dose of 50 mg codeine phosphate in 14 healthy Caucasian subjects...
Topics
- Administration, Oral
- Adult
- Codeine
- Debrisoquin
- Female
- Half-Life
- Humans
- Hydroxylation
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Reference Values
- White People
