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Population pharmacokinetics of R- and S-carvedilol in Japanese patients with chronic heart failure.
Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin - 1 Jan 2010
Saito Masako, Kawana Junichi, Ohno Tetsuro, Hanada Kazuhiko, Kaneko Masahiro, Mihara Kiyoshi, Shiomi Mari, Nagayama Masatoshi, Sumiyoshi Tetsuya, Ogata Hiroyasu
Abstract excerpt
Carvedilol is a beta-adrenoceptor antagonist used for treating chronic heart failure (CHF). Two clinical studies were conducted to evaluate the population pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of R- and S-carvedilol, and associated covariates, in patients with CHF. Fifty-eight patients (male=45, female=13) with New York Heart Association class I-IV CHF were enrolled in two clinical studies. R- and S-carvedilol...
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