[Chiral drugs: pharmacological tools and/or therapeutic problems?].
Various issues connected with chiral drugs are discussed. They include definitions, the concept of stereoselectivity in pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic processes, the need for a stereochemically informative generic name system, and the debate surrounding eutomers versus racemates in pharmacotherapy.
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Ecole de pharmacie, Université de Lausanne.
D006801:Humans; D010599:Pharmacokinetics; D010600:Pharmacology; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D009626:Terminology as Topic
Médicaments chiraux: outils pharmacologiques et/ou problème thérapeutique?