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Utilization of pharmacogenomics and therapeutic drug monitoring for opioid pain management.
Pharmacogenomics - 1 Jul 2009
Jannetto Paul J, Bratanow Nancy C
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AIMS: The use of medication in pain management currently involves empirical adjustment based on observed clinical outcome and the presence of adverse drug reactions. In this study, pharmacogenomics and therapeutic drug monitoring were used to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of genotyping chronic pain patients on analgesic therapy. It was hypothesized that patients who have inherited polymorphisms in CYP2D6...
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