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Methadone dose in heroin-dependent patients: role of clinical factors, comedications, genetic polymorphisms and enzyme activity.
British journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Jun 2015
Mouly Stéphane, Bloch Vanessa, Peoc'h Katell, Houze Pascal, Labat Laurence, Ksouda Kamilia, Simoneau Guy, Declèves Xavier, Bergmann Jean Francois, Scherrmann Jean-Michel, Laplanche Jean-Louis, Lepine Jean-Pierre, Vorspan Florence
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: Methadone is characterized by wide intersubject variability regarding the dose needed to obtain full therapeutic response. We assessed the influence of sociodemographic, ethnic, clinical, metabolic and genotypic variables on methadone maintenance dose requirement in opioid-dependent responder patients. METHODS: Eighty-one stable patients (60 men and 21 women, 43.7 ± 8.1 years old, 63.1 ± 50.9 mg day(-1)...
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