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Influence of CYP2B6 genetic variants on plasma and urine concentrations of bupropion and metabolites at steady state.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Mar 2013
Benowitz Neal L, Zhu Andy Z X, Tyndale Rachel F, Dempsey Delia, Jacob Peyton
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BACKGROUND: Bupropion, an antidepressant and smoking cessation medication, is metabolized to hydroxybupropion (HB), an active metabolite, primarily by CYP2B6. OBJECTIVES: To compare plasma concentrations of bupropion and metabolites at steady state in healthy volunteers with and without CYP2B6 genetic variants. METHODS: In a genotype-guided study of 42 healthy individuals, we measured the plasma and urine...
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