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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 21.
Published in final edited form as: Nature. 2012 Jun 10;486(7403):361–367. doi: 10.1038/nature11159

Table 2. Characteristic new, confirmed targets that are associated with adverse drug reactions of the drugs.

Adverse drug reactions are listed that are more strongly associated with the predicted target than any known target together with pharmacokinetic data (AUC and Cmax), where available. Where pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamic activity (PD) was available, drugs have been identified that behave comparably to the predicted drug and also cause the adverse event.

Drug name Target Activity (μM) (median) AUC [μM*h] Cmax [μM] Adverse event EF ratioa Alternative target Comparable drugb
Chlorotrianisene PTGS1 0.16 NA NA Abdominal pain upper 2.32
Rash 1.79
Clemastine SLC6A4 0.42 NA NA Sleep disorder 2.15
Cyclobenzaprine HRH1 0.02 0.16–4.10 (0.69) 0.01–0.13 (0.06) Ataxia 1.73 Desipramine
Somnolence 1.49 Aripiprazole
Diphenhydramine SLC6A3 4.33 2.57–3.42 (3.00) 0.26–0.26 (0.26) Tremor 2.02/1.90 SCN10A Citalopram
Loxapine CHRM2 1.12 0.03–0.43 (0.21) 0.02–0.41 (0.14) Tachycardia 2.08/1.97 CHRM1 Sibutramine
Methylprednisolone PGR 1.30 0.09–10.76 (1.28) 0.06–2.11 (0.31) Depression 3.87/2.49 NR3C1 Flutamide
Prenylamine HRH1 7.87 0.12 1.2 Sedation 4.94
Ranitidine CHRM2 5.56 5.66–121.90 (9.67) 1.14–9.11 (2.12) Constipation 1.63 Haloperidol
Ritodrine OPRM1 9.18 0.03–0.32 (0.11) 0.01–0.15 (0.04) Hyperhidrosis 3.21 Oxycodone
a

EF ratio: ADR-Target enrichment for predicted/best alternative known target.

b

Comparable drug: drugs that are known to bind the predicted target (bold: predicted target is the primary target), share the ADR and behave similarly in terms of PK and PD (see Supporting Methods).