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Grapefruit juice alters the systemic bioavailability and cardiac repolarization of terfenadine in poor metabolizers of terfenadine.
Journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Apr 1996
Honig P K, Wortham D C, Lazarev A, Cantilena L R
Abstract excerpt
A prospective cohort study was conducted to examine the effects of double-strength grapefruit juice on the pharmacokinetics and electrocardiographic repolarization pharmacodynamics of terfenadine in poor metabolizers of terfenadine. Six healthy volunteers who were previously found to be poor metabolizers of terfenadine were studied, with each participant serving as his or her own control. In phase I of the study,...
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