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Current Clinical Pharmacology

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 1574-8847
ISSN (Online): 2212-3938

Pharmacokinetics and Metabolic Drug Interactions

Author(s): Sorin E. Leucuta and Laurian Vlase

Volume 1, Issue 1, 2006

Page: [5 - 20] Pages: 16

DOI: 10.2174/157488406775268183

Abstract

Pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism play an important role as determinants of in vivo drug action. The CYP450 enzyme family plays a determinant role in the biotransformation of a vast number of structurally diverse drugs. Many drug interactions are a result of the inhibition or induction of CYP enzymes. The non-compartmental pharmacokinetic analysis is the most used method for analyzing data from a drug interaction study. Compartmental analysis can be also useful and sometimes more informative than non-compartmental analysis. Many efforts to reduce polypharmacy are important, and pharmacokinetic tools used to study the mechanism of drug-drug interactions may help in a better management of pharmacotherapy including the avoidance of clinically relevant drug interactions.

Keywords: Pharmacokinetics, Metabolism, Drug interactions


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