Pharmacokinetics of codeine and its metabolite morphine in ultra-rapid metabolizers due to CYP2D6 duplication

Codeine is an analgesic drug acting on μ -opiate receptors predominantly via its metabolite morphine, which is formed almost exclusively by the genetically polymorphic enzyme cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6). Whereas it is known that individuals lacking CYP2D6 activity (poor metabolizers, PM) suffer fro...

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Veröffentlicht in:The pharmacogenomics journal 2007-08, Vol.7 (4), p.257-265
Hauptverfasser: Kirchheiner, J, Schmidt, H, Tzvetkov, M, Keulen, J-Tha, Lötsch, J, Roots, I, Brockmöller, J
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