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Methadone Maintenance and QT-Interval: Prevalence and Risk Factors—Is It Effective to Switch Therapy to Levomethadone?

Methadone is a chiral synthetic opioid primarily used to treat heroin and prescription-opioid addiction: the (R)-enantiomer (Levomethadone) activates the µ-opioid receptor more potently than the (S)-enantiomer, which is a more potent blocker of the hERG potassium channels, resulting in QTc prolongat...

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Auteurs principaux: Laura Santin, Giuseppe Verlato, Ahmad Tfaily, Roberto Manera, Giuseppe Zinfollino, Francesca Fusina, Fabio Lugoboni
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: MDPI AG 2023-07-01
Collection:Biomedicines
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Accès en ligne:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/11/8/2109
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