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Tolerance to desvenlafaxine in rapid metabolizing depressed patients.
International clinical psychopharmacology - 1 Mar 2011
Parker Gordon B, Brotchie Heather L, Hyett Matthew
Abstract excerpt
The terms 'tolerance' and 'poop out' are commonly applied to describe the progressive loss of effectiveness of a previously effective antidepressant and where the individual may be a rapid metabolizer of those drugs as a consequence of possessing certain polymorphisms of P450 (CYP) liver enzymes, especially CYP2D6 and CYP2C19. As the antidepressant desvenlafaxine is not metabolized by those enzymes, it might be...
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