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Opioid and Dopamine Genes Interact to Predict Naltrexone Response in a Randomized Alcohol Use Disorder Clinical Trial.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Oct 2020
Anton Raymond F, Voronin Konstantin E, Book Sarah W, Latham Patricia K, Randall Patrick K, Glen Willam Bailey, Hoffman Michaela, Schacht Joseph P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: While the opiate antagonist, naltrexone, is approved for treating alcohol use disorder (AUD), not everyone who receives the medication benefits from it. This study evaluated whether the OPRM1 SNP rs1799971 interacts with the dopamine transporter gene DAT1/SLC6A3 VNTR rs28363170 or the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene SNP rs4680 in predicting naltrexone response. METHODS: Individuals who met...
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