Comment on severe arrhythmia as a result of the interaction of cetirizine and pilsicainide in a patient with renal insufficiency

Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 715-716

  Whomsley, Rhys ^a   Strolin Benedetti, Margherita ^a   Baltes, Eugène ^a  

^a UCB   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CETIRIZINE; DIGOXIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLYCOPROTEIN P; KETOCONAZOLE; PILSICAINIDE; RITONAVIR;

ASIAN; BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; ARRHYTHMIA; CETIRIZINE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 33845383785     PISSN: 00099236     EISSN: 15326535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clpt.2006.08.018     Document Type: Letter

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