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Expert Opin Pharmacother
; 2(7): 1119-27, 2001 Jul.
Artículo
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11583063
RESUMEN
The objectives of this review are to discuss the role of cytochrome P450 (CYP450) isoforms in drug metabolism, to explain differences in metabolism among the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (HMGs, statins), to review drug-drug and drug-food interaction studies dealing with the HMGs, to present case reports dealing with HMG-related myopathy, to discuss major clinical implications of these case reports and to express an opinion of use of HMGs in clinical practice.