Fatal liver failure after therapeutic doses of paracetamol in a patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and atypical pharmacogenetic profile of drug-metabolizing enzymes
Autor: | Ellen Johanne Annexstad, Håvard Andreassen Sæverud, Espen Molden, Marianne Kristiansen Kringen, Yvonne Elisabeth Lao, Knut Erik Hovda, Dag Jacobsen |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
CYP2D6 NAPQI Metabolite Analgesic Pharmacology Toxicology 030226 pharmacology & pharmacy 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound 0302 clinical medicine medicine Pharmacogenetic profiles business.industry digestive oral and skin physiology Hepatotoxicity CYP1A2 General Medicine medicine.disease Neuromuscular diseases Paracetamol chemistry Toxicity business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Pharmacogenetics medicine.drug |
Zdroj: | Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology |
ISSN: | 1742-7835 |
Popis: | Paracetamol has a good safety profile, but pharmacogenetic differences in drug-metabolizing enzymes may have an impact on its risk of hepatotoxicity. We present a case of fatal acute liver failure (ALF) after therapeutic doses of paracetamol in a patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, where pharmacogenetic screening was conducted. This 30-year-old man was electively admitted for a tracheostomy. A total of 14.5 g paracetamol was given over four days. He developed a severe ALF and died 11 days after admission. Pharmacogenetic screening showed absent CYP2D6 metabolism and increased CYP1A2 activity, which may have increased the formation of toxic intermediate metabolite, N-acetyl-p-benzo-quinone imine (NAPQI). He also had decreased function of UGT2B15, which increases the amount of paracetamol available for metabolism to NAPQI. Having a reduced muscle mass and thus a reduced glutathione levels to detoxify produced NAPQI may add to the risk of toxicity. This case may indicate that pharmacogenetic variability is of potential relevance for the risk of paracetamol-induced hepatotoxicity in patients with neuromuscular diseases. Further studies should investigate if pharmacogenetic screening could be a tool to detect potentially increased risk of hepatotoxicity in these patients at therapeutic doses of paracetamol, and hence provide information for selection of analgesic treatment. |
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