DRUG ENANTIOMERS IN CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY

The single enantiomers are considered to be safer and better alternatives to racemates, which has resulted in a need for developing single isomers as drug products. Most of the drugs in use today are chiral. It is well established that the pharmacological activity is mostly restricted to one of the enantiomers, and the individual enantiomers of racemic drugs frequently differ in their biological e…