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Assessment of individual CYP2D6 activity in extensive metabolizers with renal failure: comparison of sparteine and dextromethorphan.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics - 1 May 1996
Kévorkian J P, Michel C, Hofmann U, Jacqz-Aigrain E, Kroemer H K, Peraldi M N, Eichelbaum M, Jaillon P, Funck-Brentano C
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OBJECTIVES: To examine whether the variability of CYP2D6 activity in patients with chronic renal failure can be assessed, particularly among subjects with the extensive metabolizer phenotype, by use of standard in vivo indexes of CYP2D6 activity derived from oral administration of dextromethorphan and sparteine. METHODS: A single 100 mg oral dose of sparteine and a single 40 mg oral dose of dextromethorphan were...
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