Pharmacy Times – December 2011

 

Drug Interactions: Insights and Observations

 

Get to Know an Enzyme: CYP2C8

 

John R. Horn, PharmD, FCCP and Philip D. Hansten, PharmD

 

 

References.

 

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3. Niemi M et al. Effects of gemfibrozil, itraconazole, and their combination on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of repaglinide: potentially hazardous interaction between gemfibrozil and repaglinide. Diabetologia. 2003;46:347-51.