Author Question: Asians from Eastern Asia are known to be fast acetylators. Fast acetylators: 1. Require ... (Read 110 times)

laurencescou · **on:** Jul 24, 2018

Asians from Eastern Asia are known to be fast acetylators. Fast acetylators:

1. Require acetylization in order to metabolize drugs
2. Are unable to tolerate higher doses of some drugs that require acetylization
3. May have a toxic reaction to drugs that require acetylization
4. Require higher doses of drugs metabolized by acetylization to achieve efficacy

Question 2

Pharmacokinetics among Asians are universal to all the Asian ethnic groups.

1. True
2. False