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. 2020 Aug 18;37(1):1–23. doi: 10.1007/s43188-020-00056-z

Table 2.

Mechanisms of P450-related drug-drug interactions

Perpetrator drug Effect on victim drug
Inducer Increased metabolism, lack of efficacy
Inducer Increased bioactivation via a minor pathway
Competitive inhibitor Decreased metabolism, toxicity due to elevated level of drug
Irreversible inhibitor Decreased metabolism, toxicity due to elevated level of drug
Allosteric activator Same as inducer