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Dihydrocodeine: a new opioid substrate for the polymorphic CYP2D6 in humans.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics - 1 Oct 1995
Fromm M F, Hofmann U, Griese E U, Mikus G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The opioid dihydrocodeine (DHC) is frequently used as an analgesic and antitussive agent. However, until now there have been no detailed data on dihydrocodeine metabolism in humans. We therefore investigated pathways that contribute to elimination of dihydrocodeine, and we tested the hypothesis that dihydrocodeine O-demethylation to dihydromorphine (DHM) is catalyzed by the polymorphic CYP2D6....
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