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The association between CYP2D6 genotype and switching antipsychotic medication to clozapine.
European journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Nov 2013
Gregoor Jochem G, van der Weide Karen, van der Weide Jan, van Megen Harold J G M, Egberts Antoine C G, Heerdink Eibert R
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Genetic variation in the cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) enzyme is responsible for interindividual differences in the metabolism of many antipsychotic drugs, but the clinical relevance of polymorphisms in CYP2D6 for response to antipsychotic treatment is relatively unknown. In the Netherlands, clozapine is prescribed only when patients are non-responsive to or intolerant of at least two different...
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