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Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Mar 18;152:1–14. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.03.003

Table 2.

Pharmacogenetic Medication Trials for Opioid Abuse

Gene Polymorphism Treatment
Medication
Drug of
Abuse
Sample
Size
Population Treatment ×
Genotype Finding*
↑ More effective
↓ Less effective
↔ No interaction
Citation
ANKK1 rs1800497 Methadone Heroin 95 Caucasian ↓ T allele Lawford et al. (2000)
rs1800497 Buprenorphine Heroin 25 Primarily Caucasian (88%) Barrat et al. (2006)
rs1800497 Methadone Heroin 46 Primarily Caucasian (89%) Barrat et al. (2006)
rs1800497 Methadone Heroin 238 Caucasian Crettol et al. (2008)
CYP3A4 *1B Methadone Opioids 245 Caucasian-European Crettol et al. (2006)
CYP2B6 *4, *5, *6, *9 Methadone Opioids 245 Caucasian-European Crettol et al. (2006)
DRD1 rs4532 Methadone Heroin 238 Caucasian Crettol et al. (2008)
DRD2 rs6277 Methadone Heroin 238 Caucasian ↑ CC genotype Crettol et al. (2008)
Multiple Variants MYOCD:
rs1714984, GRM8:
rs1034576,
CRY1: rs1861591,
GRM6: rs953741,
OPRM1:
rs1074287,
NR4A2:
rs1405735,
intergenic variants:
rs965972,
rs1867898
Methadone Opioids 169 Caucasian CRY1 AA
↓ MYOCD A allele + GRM6 AG
Fonseca et al. (2010)
OPRD1 rs2234918 Methadone Heroin 238 Caucasian Crettol et al. (2008)
rs678849
rs1042114
rs10753331
rs59520
rs581111
rs2234918
Buprenorphine Opioids 566 Caucasian
77 African-American
Caucasian- and
African-American
↓ African-American
rs678849 CC genotype
Crist et al. (2013 A)
rs678849
rs1042114
rs10753331
rs59520
rs581111
rs2234918
Methadone Opioids 566 Caucasian
77 African-American
Caucasian- and
African-American
↑ African-American
rs678849 CC genotype
Crist et al. (2013 A)
rs678849
rs1042114
rs10753331
rs59520
rs581111
rs2234918
Buprenorphine

Methadone
Opioids 582 European-American ↓ Female rs581111
AA/AG genotype

↓ Female rs529520 AA
genotype
Clarke et al. (2014 A)
OPRM1 rs1799971 Methadone Heroin 238 Caucasian Crettol et al. (2008)
G-172T:
rs6912029

G-1510A:
rs12205732
Oral Naltrexone Opioids 138 Arab ↓ 172GG and 1510GG Al-Eitan et al. (2012)