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Effect of codeine on gastrointestinal motility in relation to CYP2D6 phenotype.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics - 1 Apr 1997
Mikus G, Trausch B, Rodewald C, Hofmann U, Richter K, Gramatté T, Eichelbaum M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Codeine is widely used as an analgesic and antitussive drug. The analgesic effect of codeine is mediated by its metabolite morphine, which is formed by the polymorphically expressed enzyme CYP2D6; therefore poor metabolizers have no analgesia after administration of codeine. Like other opiates, codeine causes a delay of gastric emptying and spastic constipation. It is not yet known whether the effect...
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