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redheads and paradoxical reactions

Is it true that redheads have paradoxical reactions to some medications that others don't?


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Although this is an old thread - and the poster is long gone - I appreciate the information. We learn from one another!

Thanks for sharing!

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~Tuck
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Redheads do not absorb anesthetics and some pain medications the same way as others due to our mealnocortin-1 receptor.  Here's a short article from the NIH on that:  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1362956/  I am not sure about other meds, but these differences in anesthetics and pain meds are known.
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