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Influence of amiodarone on genetically determined drug metabolism in humans.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics - 1 Sept 1991
Funck-Brentano C, Jacqz-Aigrain E, Leenhardt A, Roux A, Poirier J M, Jaillon P
Abstract excerpt
Amiodarone has been shown to interact with the nongenetically determined hepatic elimination of several drugs, including phenytoin and digoxin. Its influence on genetically determined metabolic pathways has not been studied in humans. We examined the effects of oral amiodarone therapy on the genetically determined metabolism of isoniazid (N-acetyltransferase), mephenytoin (cytochrome P450MEPH), and...
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