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Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling to Determine the Impact of CYP2B6 Genotype on Efavirenz Exposure in Children, Mothers and Breastfeeding Infants.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics - 1 Jul 2023
Pan Xian, Rowland Yeo Karen
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The antiretroviral drug efavirenz remains widely used in children and mothers during breastfeeding in tuberculosis-endemic areas. Evaluating the safety of efavirenz during breastfeeding requires an understanding of its pharmacokinetics (PKs) in breast milk, its exposure in the breastfed infant, and the potential influence of polymorphisms in drug disposition genes. The interplay of these factors between the...
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