Tobacco, cannabis, and liquorice: Hidden players altering albendazole metabolism in patients with hepatic alveolar echinococcosis

J Hepatol. 2021 Feb;74(2):471-473. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2020.10.032. Epub 2020 Dec 11.
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Keywords: Albendazole; Alveolar echinococcosis; CYP-450; Cannabis; Echinococcus multilocularis; Licorice; Pharmacological interactions; Tobacco.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Albendazole* / administration & dosage
  • Albendazole* / pharmacokinetics
  • Antiparasitic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antiparasitic Agents / pharmacokinetics
  • Cannabis / metabolism*
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / metabolism
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Interactions*
  • Drug Monitoring / methods*
  • Echinococcosis, Hepatic* / blood
  • Echinococcosis, Hepatic* / diagnostic imaging
  • Echinococcosis, Hepatic* / drug therapy
  • Female
  • Glycyrrhiza / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Liver / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver / parasitology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods

Substances

  • Antiparasitic Agents
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
  • Albendazole