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Impact of CYP2A6 gene polymorphism on the pharmacokinetics of dexmedetomidine for premedication.
Expert review of clinical pharmacology - 1 Sept 2018
Wang Ling, Wang Shaoming, Qi Juan, Yu Rongguo, Zhuang Jie, Zhuang Boyang, Lou Yongming, Ruan Junshan, Ye Hong, Lin Fangfang
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Dexmedetomidine is a widely used sedative in clinic, which is mainly metabolized by cytochrome P450 2A6 (CYP2A6). Dexmedetomidine was rarely reported for off-label usage of premedication, but lacking relevant pharmacokinetic investigations. Therefore, our study determined the dexmedetomidine pharmacokinetics of CYP2A6*4 allele in Chinese patients pretreated with dexmedetomidine whose mutation...
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