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Articles by Espen Molden
Genotyping of patients treated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
- Vigdis Solhaug,
- Tore Haslemo,
- Marianne Kristiansen Kringen,
- Espen Molden,
- Erik Sveberg Dietrichs
26.09.2022:
In 2020, more than 180,000 people in Norway used a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), and the majority of these used escitalopram (1). SSRI drugs work by inhibiting the reuptake of serotonin in serotonergic synaptic clefts and entail a lower risk of toxic reactions and adverse effects...
A girl of early school-age with no response to opioids during general anaesthesia
- Thomas Chr. Risom Olsen,
- Anders R. Rasmussen,
- Marianne K. Kringen,
- Espen Molden
31.03.2019:
Here we describe a girl who attended hospital for routine pinnaplasty. Although there was nothing in the patient's medical history to suggest an unusual reaction to anaesthesia, the child turned out to be completely unresponsive to opioids. A previously healthy girl of early school-age attended...
A 60-year-old man with heart failure, dry cough and elevated INR values
- Ziaullah Kamal,
- Merete Gulbrandsen Nordstad,
- Espen Molden
14.08.2008:
Patients with heart failure often use many drugs, of which several are metabolised via cytochrome P-450 (CYP) enzymes. This is a group of enzymes where genetic polymorphism may lead to large individual differences in metabolism. A 60-year-old man born in Kashmir was admitted to Ullevaal University...