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Dal anti-inflammatory drugs, phenytoin, tolbutamide, and S-warfarin Table 3 ; . Drugs that substantially inhibit the metabolism of one CYP2C9 substrate eg, phenytoin ; can be expected to inhibit the metabolism of other 2C9 substrates as well eg, tolbutamide or S-warfarin ; .16 Unlike other HMGs, fluvastatin is substantially metabolized by CYP2C9. In addition to being a 2C9 substrate, fluvastatin may also act as a 2C9 inhibitor, probably on a competitive basis. Cytochrome P2D6 is involved in the metabolism of many cardiovascular and psychotherapeutic drugs.11 Major 2D6 substrates are codeine, desipramine, dextromethorphan, haloperidol, hydrocodone, metoprolol, thioridazine, and tramadol. Inhibitors include amiodarone, cimetidine, fluoxetine, paroxetine, propafenone, propoxyphene, quinidine, and thioridazine. Cytochrome P2D6 is responsible for the conversion of codeine to morphine, a process that seems necessary for codeine activity. Approximately 8% of Americans are genetically deficient in CYP2D6, and many others are taking potent 2D6 inhibitors such as fluoxetine, paroxetine, and quinidine. Thus, it is likely that between 10% and 20% of the population will not adequately respond to codeine. OVERVIEW OF HMG DRUG METABOLISM: FOCUS ON CYP450 ISOFORMS There are differences related to the ways that HMGs are metabolized and the extent to which they are metabolized. These differences have important ramifications for patients and physicians because substantial CYP450 metabolism increases the likelihood that a drug-drug interaction will occur when an HMG metabolized by this isoform is given concomitantly with one or more agents competing for the same pathway. Clinically significant drug interactions can occur when drugs metabolized by the same isoform are taken concomitantly. Inhibition of CYP3A4 can produce severe toxic effects.11 Cardiac arrhythmias have occurred with astemizole, terfenadine, and.
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They are responsible for e.g. multiple drug resistance in tumours, bad absorption properties of drugs in the gastrointestine as well as improper permeation of the blood-brain barrier. Inhibition of these pumps thus represents a versatile for overcoming tumour cell multidrug resistance and for improving ADME-properties. We recently introduced a new type of descriptors based on similarity calculations SIBAR ; for establishment of predictive models for inhibitors of P-gp. First results obtained in our group with SIBAR-descriptors calculated exclusively on basis of 2D-descriptors logP, mr, psa, . ; demonstrated the validity of the approach for a set of 130 propafenone-type inhibitors of P-gp [1]. The aim of this project was to extend the SIBAR-approach on similarity values obtained via 3Dsimilarity calculations and to develop models useful for virtual screening of large compound libraries. 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The Planning and Steering Committees of the AFFIRM study for the NHLBI AFFIRM investigators. J Cardiol 1997; 79: 1198202. Hohnloser SH, Kuck KH. Atrial fibrillationmaintaining sinus rhythm versus ventricular rate control: the PIAF trial. Pharmacological Intervention in Atrial Fibrillation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 1998; 9: S121S126. Deedwania PC, Singh BN, Ellenbogen K, et al. Spontaneous conversion and maintenance of sinus rhythm by amiodarone in patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation: observations from the veterans affairs congestive heart failure survival trial of antiarrhythmic therapy CHF-STAT ; . The Department of Veterans Affairs CHF-STAT Investigators. Circulation 1998; 98: 25749. Permethrin . perphenazine phenazopyridine . PHeNeRGAN See promethazine phenytoin sodium extended . phenytoin susp . PHOSLO . PLAQUeNiL . See hydroxychloroquine PLAviX . podofilox . POLYCiTRA . See tricitrates POLYCiTRA-K . See potassium citrate citric acid potassium bicarbonate 25 meq . potassium bicarbonate and chloride . potassium chloride eR caps 10 meq . potassium chloride eR tabs . potassium chloride for oral soln 20 meq . potassium chloride oral soln 10% 20% potassium citrate citric acid . PRANDiN . PRAvACHOL . PReD-FORTe See prednisolone acetate PReD-MiLD prednisolone acetate 1% . prednisolone sodium phosphate 1% . prednisolone sodium phosphate oral soln prednisolone syrup . prednisone . PReDNiSONe 50 mg PReMARiN crm . PReMARiN tabs . PReMPHASe . PReMPRO . prenatal vitamins iron folic acid . PRevACiD NAPRAPAC . PRiLOSeC omeprazole DR PRiMACOR . See milrinone probenecid . PROCARDiA XL nifedipine eR prochlorperazine . PROCRiT . PROGLYCeM . PROGRAF . PROLiXiN . See fluphenazine promethazine . propafenone . propoxyphene napsylate acetaminophen . propranolol . propylthiouracil . PROSCAR . 18, 20 PROSTiGMiN . PROSTiN vR alprostadil PROTONiX . PROTOPiC . PROveNTiL . See albuterol PROveRA . See medroxyprogesterone acetate PROviGiL . PROZAC . See fluoxetine PURiNeTHOL . See mercaptopurine pyrazinamide . pyridostigmine . QUeSTRAN . See cholestyramine resin quinapril quinidine gluconate eR quinidine sulfate . QUiNiDiNe SULFATe eR quinine sulfate . QvAR . ranitidine . RAPAMUNe . RAPTivA . ReBeTOL . See ribavirin ReGLAN . See metoclopramide ReGRANeX . ReLAFeN . See nabumetone ReMeRON . See mirtazapine ReNAGeL . ReSTASiS . ReTiN-A See tretinoin ReTROviR . ReviA . See see naltrexone ReYATAZ . ribavirin . RiFADiN . rifampin rifampin . RiLUTeK rimantadine . RiSPeRDAL . RiSPeRDAL M-TAB RiTALiN . methylphenidate RiTALiN SR See methylphenidate eR RMS See morphine sulfate supp ROBAXiN See methocarbamol ROXiCODONe . See oxycodone RYTHMOL . propafenone SANDiMMUNe . See cyclosporine SANTYL . selenium sulfide . SeLSUN . See selenium sulfide SeNSiPAR . SePTRA . See sulfamethoxazole trimethoprim SeReveNT . SeROQUeL . SiLvADeNe . See silver sulfadiazine silver sulfadiazine . SiNeMeT . See carbidopa levodopa SiNeMeT CR See carbidopa levodopa eR SiNeQUAN . doxepin SiNGULAR . SOLARAZe . SONATA . SORiATANe sotalol . sotalol AF SPeCTAZOLe . See econazole SPiRivA . spironolactone . sucralfate . sulfacetamide sodium soln . sulfamethoxazole trimethoprim . sulfasalazine . sulfasalazine DR SUSTivA . SYMMeTReL . amantadine SYNALAR . See fluocinolone acetonide SYNTHROiD . See levothyroxine sodium TAMBOCOR . See flecainide and quetiapine. School of Pharmacy, King's College, London, are calling for abstracts for next year's pharmacy education symposium "Teaching for multidisciplinary practice" 911 July 2007 ; .Abstracts relevant to the symposium theme are invited for oral or poster presentation. Closing date for abstracts, 2 March 2007. Further information from Kay Stewart e-mail kay ewart vcp.monash. edu.au ; or via vcp.monash. edu.au prato2007.
Patients whose warfarin therapy had been stopped, or the international normalized ratio INR ; was subtherapeutic. The AFFIRM protocol permitted warfarin discontinuation after sinus rhythm had been maintained for four weeks, and the prevalence of warfarin use was greater in the rate control group 85% versus 70% ; . The Rate Control versus Electrical Cardioversion for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation RACE ; study group enrolled 522 patients with persistent AF after a previous electrical cardioversion to a strategy of rate control or rhythm control. Rate control was achieved using the same medications as in the AFFIRM trial. To maintain sinus rhythm, sequential trials of sotalol, flecanide, or propafenone, and amiodarone were employed, with cardioversion utilized following each medication change. Anticoagulation in the rhythm control consisted of warfarin international normalized ratio INR ; 2.5 to 3.5 ; four weeks before and after cardioversion, after which anticoagulation could be stopped or replaced with aspirin 80mg to 100mg daily ; . The primary end-point was the composite of death from cardiovascular causes, heart failure, thromboembolic complications, bleeding, the need for an implantable pacemaker, or severe medication sideeffects. As with the AFFIRM trial, patients were older mean age 68 years old ; and were at risk of stroke 90% or more in each group had at least one stroke risk factor ; , and few patients had heart failure 97% New York Heart Association NYHA ; class I or II ; with the other studies, pharmacological maintenance of sinus rhythm was difficult. After a mean follow-up of 2.3 0.6 years, only 39% of patients in the rhythm control arm were actually in sinus rhythm. The primary outcome occurred in 17.2% of the rate control group and 22.6% of the rhythm control group p NS ; . Thomboembolism was more frequent in the rhythm control group. Six patients in the rhythm control group had thromboembolism following cessation of warfarin, and five had sinus rhythm. Interestingly, a pacemaker was implanted in only three patients in the rate control arm after AV nodal ablation ; , but in eight patients in the rhythm control arm most commonly for sinus node dysfunction on medication unmasked following cardioversion ; . Like AFFIRM, this European trial confirmed the non-inferiority of rate control and raised the possibility of its superiority in an elderly population at risk for stroke. Once the ventricular rate control was already established, the PAF2 investigators evaluated the role of maintenance of sinus rhythm with antiarrhythmic drug therapy. After all patients had undergone successful atrioventricular junction ablation, 68 were then randomized to antiarrhythmic drug therapy with amiodarone, propafenone, flecainide or sotalol ; and 69 and seroquel.
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