The present study was aimed to investigate the effects of the cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2D6*10 genetic polymorphism on postoperative patient-controlled morphine usage. A total of 114 patients were selected, and 102 patients completed the study. Polymerase chain reaction-based restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) was used to determine the CYP2D6*10 genotype, and patients were categori...

BACKGROUND Single-nucleotide polymorphisms and single-base deletions within the cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) gene have been associated with a poor metabolizer (PM) phenotype and display a frequency of 7-10% in the Caucasian population. METHODS We developed a reliable and rapid procedure to identify five major PM-associated mutations (CYP2D6*4, *7, and *8) and deletions (CYP2D6*3 and *6) by re...