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The basic law in nephropharmacology states that pharmacokinetic parameters depend linearly on renal function. Few exceptions to linear dependence have been reported, e.g. substances with saturable tubular reabsorption or secretion.
A further example is cyclosporin, which was found to be eliminated according to log-concave nonlinear kinetics in 3 patients with hepatotoxicity after kidney transplantation. The nonlinear cyclosporin kinetics were computer-fitted to the integrated forms of the 1-exp function and the Michaelis-Menten equation by nonlinear regression analysis. The same maximal velocity (Vmax = 23 ng ml−1 h−1) and Michaelis constant (Km = 686 ng ml−1) were calculated for cyclosporin when applying either the 1-exp function or the Michaelis-Menten equation.
The nonlinear elimination of cyclosporin, however, was described even more closely by the 1-exp function than by the Michaelis-Menten equation.
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Keller, F., Erdmann, K. & Giehl, M. Nonlinear kinetics and the 1-exp function in nephropharmacology. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 44 (Suppl 1), S27–S30 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01428388
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