Pharmacogenetics and its clinical applications in opioid therapy

There are a lot of individual differences in the effectiveness of opioids. The reasons of this variability could be the heterogeneity of underlying diseases, the ineffective doses administered and finally, an individual’s pharmacogenetics. Pharmacogenetics is the study of genetics in interindividua...

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Main Authors: Caterina Aurilio, Pasquale Sansone, Vincenzo Pota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Publiediting 2008-12-01
Series:Pathos
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Online Access:http://www.pathos-journal.com/doc/2008_4_Rassegna_Aurilio.pdf