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Pharmacogenetic Effects of Naltrexone in Individuals of East Asian Descent: Human Laboratory Findings from a Randomized Trial.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Mar 2018
Ray Lara A, Green ReJoyce, Roche Daniel J O, Bujarski Spencer, Hartwell Emily E, Lim Aaron C, Rohrbaugh Taylor, Ghahremani Dara, Hutchison Kent, Miotto Karen
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BACKGROUND: Genetic variation in the endogenous opioid system has been identified as 1 potential source of individual variability in naltrexone treatment outcomes. The majority of naltrexone pharmacogenetic studies have focused on a particular single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of the mu-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1; rs1799971; commonly known as the Asn40Asp SNP) in Caucasian samples with decidedly mixed...
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