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DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-825310
Influence of metabolic processes on course and treatment of opioid-dependence
Present evidence suggests that therapeutic drug monitoring and pharmacogenetic tests are useful tools in the treatment of opioid-dependence by methadone. The role of cytochrome P-450 in its stereoselective metabolism has been investigated in pharmacogenetic and interaction studies (1, 2). Moreover, clinical studies support the use of therapeutic drug monitoring of R-methadone rather than R,S-methadone in patients treated with racemic methadone.
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