Posted by Elizabeth on August 23, 2001, at 11:05:48
In reply to Re: Temgesic. » Elizabeth, posted by jojo on August 22, 2001, at 21:05:46
> I wasn't suggesting dose by nationality. But then I thought that I would mention that there actually is some validity of dose by "race", published in the scientific literature.
That is true, there have been some observed differences, but they're statistical -- you can predict that someone's relatively *likely* to be a slow or rapid metaboliser of a particular drug based on their ethnic background, but you can't be certain without doing a test.
-elizabeth
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