Article
Cytochrome P4502D6 genotype does not determine response to clozapine.
British journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Apr 1995
Arranz M J, Dawson E, Shaikh S, Sham P, Sharma T, Aitchison K, Crocq M A, Gill M, Kerwin R, Collier D A
Abstract excerpt
1. The atypical antipsychotic drug clozapine, used in the treatment of resistant schizophrenia, is metabolized partly by the hepatic cytochrome P450 enzyme CYP2D6. Two phenotypes with respect to the activity of the enzyme are recognized (extensive metabolisers (EM) and poor metabolisers (PM)), resulting from allelic variation in the gene, CYP2D6. 2. Genotype was determined in 123 schizophrenic patients currently...
Topics
- Alleles
- Clozapine
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Male
