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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2022 Aug 20;112(5):1120–1129. doi: 10.1002/cpt.2717

Table 1.

Key parameters for methadone and buprenorphine in pharmacokinetic DDI screening

Drug name Fraction of hepatic metabolism through cytochrome P450 pathway (fm) Fraction excreted unchanged
in urine (fe)
CYP2B6 CYP3A4 CYP2C19 CYP2C8 CYP2D6 Others
Methadonea 0.744 0.035 0.017 0.000 0.091 0.11 0.24
Buprenorphineb 0.000 0.885 0.000 0.051 0.000 0.064 0.01

DDI, drug–drug interaction.

a

Estimates of fm obtained from regression analysis of data reported in reference 30. Estimates of fe obtained from reference 27.

b

Estimates of fm obtained from reference 10. Estimates of fe obtained from reference 27.