English to Latvian Medical Medical: Pharmaceuticals

Phenytoin and carbamazepine are important first-line antiepileptic drugs that are widely prescribed throughout the world, but both drugs commonly spur adverse reactions. The study found that one variant of a gene known as CYP2C9, which encodes a liver enzyme involved in drug metabolism, showed a significant association with the maximum dosage of phenytoin taken by patients with epilepsy