title: Pharmacokinetics and metabolic drug interactions.
abstract: Pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism play an important role as determinants of in vivo drug action. The CYP450 enzyme family plays a determinant role in the biotransformation of a vast number of structurally diverse drugs. Many drug interactions are a result of the inhibition or induction of CYP enzymes. The non-compartmental pharmacokinetic analysis is the most used method for analyzing data from a drug interaction study. Compartmental analysis can be also useful and sometimes more informative than non-compartmental analysis. Many efforts to reduce polypharmacy are important, and pharmacokinetic tools used to study the mechanism of drug-drug interactions may help in a better management of pharmacotherapy including the avoidance of clinically relevant drug interactions.
authors.affiliation: University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iuliu Hatieganu, Department of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. sleucuta@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sorin E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Leucuta
authors.forename: Laurian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vlase
mesh_terms: D020168:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1 / Q000502:physiology; D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D004347:Drug Interactions; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000378:metabolism*; D010599:Pharmacokinetics; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
chemical_list: D020168:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1; D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations