Substitution of (R,S)-Methadone by (R)-Methadone.

Autor: Ansermot, Nicolas, Albayrah, Ozgur, Schlapfer, Jurg, Crettol, Sëverine, Croquette-Krokar, Marina, Bourquin, Michel, Deglon, Jean-Jacques, Faouzi, Mohamed, Scherbaum, Norbert, Eap, Chin B.
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Zdroj: Archives of Internal Medicine; 3/22/2010, Vol. 170 Issue 6, p529-536, 8p
Abstrakt: The article presents a study which investigates the possibility of the decrease of corrected (QT) (QTc) interval by replacing (R,S)-methadone of (R)-methadone. The study replaced (R,S)-methadone by half dose of (R)-methadone in 39 patients who are dependent in opioid and are receiving maintenance medication for 14 days. The results of the study indicate that the replacement of (R,S)-methadone by half dose (R)-methadone had resulted to the decrease of Fridericia-corrected QT (QTcF) interval.
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