Polymorphism in the metabolism of drugs, including antidepressant drugs: comments on phenotyping.

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In neurochemistry there are advantages in determining how patients are likely to react to psychoactive drugs prior to the commencement of drug therapy. Explanations of a patient's nonresponse, or unexpected adverse reactions to drugs are required. In many instances, a knowledge of the drug metabolism status of a patient can be helpful in the selection of a drug and its dosage regimen, and in the prediction of...

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