Article
Genetically determined steady-state interaction between encainide and quinidine in patients with arrhythmias.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics - 1 Nov 1990
Turgeon J, Pavlou H N, Wong W, Funck-Brentano C, Roden D M
Abstract excerpt
A genetically determined pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic interaction between quinidine and single doses of encainide in healthy volunteers has previously been described. In subjects with the extensive metabolizer phenotype, quinidine blunted encainide-induced QRS prolongation (a marker of sodium channel block) because it impaired encainide biotransformation to the potent active metabolites O-desmethyl...
Topics
- Aged
- Anilides
- Arrhythmias, Cardiac
- Dealkylation
- Drug Interactions
- Electrocardiography
- Encainide
- Female
- Genetics
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
