Steady-state plasma concentrations of imipramine and desipramine in relation to S-mephenytoin 4'-hydroxylation status in Japanese depressive patients.

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The steady-state plasma concentrations of imipramine and desipramine were measured after a more than 2-week treatment with 0.39 to 1.39 mg/kg/day of imipramine hydrochloride in 28 Japanese patients with major depression who had been phenotyped simultaneously with mephenytoin (for CYP2C19-related status) and with metoprolol (for CYP2D6-related status) before initiating the antidepressant therapy. Patients...

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