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US 2004/0018253 A1Published application
Use of CYP2D6 inhibitors in combination therapies
AssigneePfizer Inc.
InventorR. Scott Obach
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Abstract
This invention relates to the use of a CYP2D6 inhibitor in combination with a drug having CYP2D6 catalyzed metabolism, wherein the drug and the CYP2D6 inhibitor are not the same compound; and pharmaceutical compositions for said use.
Claims6
A method of administering a drug for which the major clearance mechanism in humans is CYP2D6 mediated oxidative biotransformation, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in combination with a CYP2D6 inhibitor, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to a human in need of the intended pharmaceutical activity of such drug, wherein said drug and said CYP2D6 inhibitor are not the same compound.
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