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The effect of omeprazole pretreatment on acetaminophen metabolism in rapid and slow metabolizers of S-mephenytoin.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics - 1 Jul 1997
Sarich T, Kalhorn T, Magee S, al-Sayegh F, Adams S, Slattery J, Goldstein J, Nelson S, Wright J
Abstract excerpt
Omeprazole, a widely used and potent gastric proton pump inhibitor, induces cytochrome P450 (CYP) 1A2 in humans. Induction is most pronounced in slow metabolizers of S-mephenytoin because CYP2C19 (S-mephenytoin hydroxylase) is responsible for the elimination of omeprazole. Acetaminophen (INN, paracetamol), a widely used and effective analgesic and antipyretic agent, causes serious hepatic and renal toxicity at...
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