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  • 201
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 35 (1988), S. 515-520 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: oxybutynin ; pharmacokinetics ; health volunteers ; debrisoquine ; genetic polymorphism
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary We have studied the pharmacokinetics of oxybutynin (Ditropan) after single oral (5 mg) and intravenous administration (1 and 5 mg), and after repeated oral administration in healthy volunteers. Oxybutynin was rapidly absorbed, maximum plasma concentrations (8 ng·ml−1) being reached in less than 1 h. The absolute systemic availability averaged 6% and the tablet and solution forms displayed similar relative systemic availability. Plasma concentrations of oxybutynin fell biexponentially, the elimination half-life being about 2 h. There was a large interindividual variation in oxybutynin plasma concentrations. Almost no intact drug could be recovered in the urine. During repeated oral administration steady-state was reached after eight days of treatment. The low absolute systemic availability of oxybutynin, the large interindividual variability in its plasma concentrations, and the apparent absence of intact oxybutynin in the urine suggest that its major pathway of elimination is hepatic metabolism.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 35 (1988), S. 521-527 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: ketoprofen ; cimetidine ; enteric coated formulation ; pharmacokinetics ; co-administration
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The effect of cimetidine on the single and multiple dose pharmacokinetics of enteric coated ketoprofen was studied in 12 healthy volunteers. Each subject completed two 8-day study treatment periods: either ketoprofen alone (100 mg p.o. twice daily), or co-administered with cimetidine (600 mg twice daily). tlag, Cmax, tmax, t1/2, and k for ketoprofen were not significantly different between single and multiple dose administration. AUC of ketoprofen was slightly but significantly larger following multiple (21.2 µg·h·ml−1) as compared to single dose administration (19.0 µg·h· ml−1). As a result, plasma clearance of ketoprofen was slightly but significantly reduced following multiple dose administration (80.6 ml/min vs 89.3 ml/min). Cimetidine had no effect on the single or multiple dose pharmacokinetics of enteric coated ketoprofen. Total 12-h urinary recovery of ketoprofen (mostly in the form of ketoprofen glucuronide) was 83.5% of the dose following single dose administration and was significantly greater following multiple dose administration (93.1%). Again cimetidine co-administration had no effect on the single and multiple dose urinary recovery. The results of this study show that cimetidine is not affecting the oral pharmacokinetics of enteric coated ketoprofen.
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  • 203
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 35 (1988), S. 535-541 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: bromocriptine ; pharmacokinetics ; food interaction ; modified release formulation ; prolactin inhibition ; pharmacodynamics ; side-effects
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The influence of food on release of drug from a modified release capsule of bromocriptine 5 mg (Parlodel SRO) and a conventional formulation of bromocriptine 5 mg has been studied in 8 healthy male volunteers. Both formulations produced objective and subjective effects, such as orthostatic reactions, nausea, dizziness, vomiting and nasal congestion. The modified release capsule caused fewer side-effects than the normal capsule. Both formulations had less cardiovascular effect in the fed than in the fasting state. There was no significant difference between the normal and the modified release capsules taken fasting or after a meal in terms of the AUC extrapolated to infinity. The relative bioavailability of the 5 mg modified release capsule was 84.6% of the normal capsule under fasting conditions and 107.5% after food. In contrast to the virtually unchanged extent of absorption, the rate of absorption was markedly affected by food, especially from the conventional capsule. The mean time of 50% absorption increased from 1.06 h (fasting) to 3.2 h (fed), whereas for the modified release capsule food mainly resulted in an increased lag time of absorption. The almost instantaneous dissolution of bromocriptine from the normal capsule in vitro (both in HCl and fasting human gastric juice) and the delay of absorption after a meal in vivo suggest that the rate limiting step in absorption of the normal capsules is delivery of released drug from the stomach to the small intestine, which is delayed by food. Both the modified release 5-mg capsule and the normal 5-mg capsule showed extended suppression of prolaction over 36 h, in all subjects, both fasted and after a meal.
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  • 204
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 35 (1988), S. 551-554 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: lymphocytic leukaemia ; chlorambucil ; phenylacetic acid mustard ; pharmacokinetics
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Inter- and intraindividual variation in the pharmacokinetics of oral chlorambucil was investigated in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Five patients were given in randomized order 15, 40, 60 and 70 mg chlorambucil p.o. and plasma was analyzed for chlorambucil and its cytotoxic metabolite phenyl acetic acid mustard. The area under the plasma concentration-time curve of chlorambucil varied two- to fourfold between patients at each dose level. The AUC of the metabolite was higher and showed twofold interindividual variation. The intraindividual dose-corrected AUCcs also varied twofold. No dose dependency of the dose corrected AUC was seen either for chlorambucil or the metabolite. Elimination of both compounds form plasma was rapid, with half-lives of 1.01 and 1.94, respectively.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 35 (1988), S. 543-549 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: ceftazidime ; pharmacokinetics ; tissue concentrations ; burn patients
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics and tissue concentrations of ceftazidime have been investigated in 8 patients with severe burns (20–80% of body surface area) undergoing skin transplantation 2 to 21 days after injury. Two prophylactic doses of ceftazidime were administered as 1 g i.v. bolus injections with an 8 h interval. Blood, urine, burn blister fluid and tissue were frequently sampled and drug concentrations were analyzed by HPLC. The kinetics of ceftazidime was the same after each dose. In these patients the pharmacokinetics of ceftazidime was greatly altered from that in other patients and there was much interindividual variation. The mean ceftazidime elimination half-life, apparent volume of distribution and total clearance were: 2.7 h, 30.91 (0.38 l·kg−1) and 139 ml·min−1, respectively. A linear correlation was found between creatinine clearance and the renal clearance of the ceftazidime, the mean values being 108 and 95 ml·min−1, respectively. No correlation was found between creatinine clearance and the total clearance of ceftazidime. The mean percentage urine recovery was 69% of the dose. Tissue and burn blister fluid concentrations were above the MIC, and ranged from 40.0 to 3.1 mg·kg−1. A substantial increase in the apparent volume of distribution and non-renal clearance of ceftazidime was observed, probably due to increased capillary permeability and drug loss through the wound surface replacement of prior to surgery and subsequently to lost and blood fluid.
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  • 206
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: morphine ; morphine glucuronides ; renal function ; pharmacokinetics ; radioimmunoassay
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The influence of renal function, measured by 51Cr-EDTA clearance, on morphine and morphine glucuronide kinetics has been studied in 13 patients after a single i.v. injection of morphine. Unconjugated morphine and morphine glucuronides were measured by a sensitive, specific RIA after extraction from plasma. No significant correlation was found between total body clearance of unconjugated morphine and 51Cr-EDTA clearance. However, patients with renal insufficiency had impaired elimination of morphine glucuronides, and the apparent clearance was significantly correlated with the 51Cr-EDTA clearance (r=0.94, p〈0.001). A relatively long terminal elimination half-life of morphine was found in all patients (mean±SD: 9.2±2.5 h), irrespective of glomerular function.
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  • 207
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 34 (1988), S. 369-375 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: diabetes mellitus ; antipyrine ; drug disposition ; pharmacokinetics ; Type I-/Type II diabetics ; cytochrome P-450
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary As the influence of diabetes on drug metabolism in patients is controversial, a study was performed to assess antipyrine (AP) disposition in controlled Type I and Type II diabetics and 2 age-and sex-matched control groups. In Type I diabetics, the half-life of AP was significantly reduced from 12.0 (controls) to 7.9 h, and the volume of distribution (V) was lowered from 733 to 569 ml·kg−1. The resulting plasma clearance and cumulative urinary excretion of AP and its metabolites over 24 h did not differ from controls. In Type II diabetics, the AP half-life (14.5 h) and V (568 ml·kg−1) did not differ from their age- and sex-matched controls (11.1 h and 643 ml·kg−1, respectively), but the plasma clearance of AP was significantly reduced by 30%, and urinary excretion was significantly reduced to 44% of controls. The differential effects of Types I and II diabetes on AP metabolism may explain, at least in part, the controversial data in the literature.
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  • 208
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: penbutolol ; beta-adrenoceptor blockade ; pharmacokinetics ; pharmacodynamics ; in vitro/in vivo correlation ; radioreceptor assay ; active metabolites
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics of penbutolol 40 mg, its reduction in exercise-induced tachycardia, and the in vitro inhibition of radioligand binding to beta-adrenoceptors by plasma have been investigated in 7 healthy volunteers. The peak penbutolol concentration of 285 ng/ml was observed 1.2 h after administration, and the maximum of 4′-OH-penbutolol of 4.76 ng/ml was found after 1.64 h. Penbutolol was detected for up to 48 h, and 4′-OH-penbutolol dropped below the limit of detection after about 10 h. The terminal plasma concentration of penbutolol declined with an average half-life of 19 h. The maximum reduction in exercise-induced tachycardia was 33 beats/min 2.6 h after taking penbutolol. There was still a significant reduction of about 7 beats/min after 48 h. This effect could be adequately explained by the concentration-time course of penbutolol in combination with Clark's model of the concentration-effect relationship. Antagonist activity in plasma caused 91% inhibition of radioligand binding in vitro to beta2-adrenoceptors on rat reticulocyte membranes 1.6 h after intake of penbutolol. By 48 h after intake, radioligand binding was still significantly inhibited (23%). The in vitro inhibition of radioligand binding by plasma showed a linear correlation with the reduction in exercise-induced tachycardia for all phases of the workload. The time course of the reduction in heart rate was completely explained by the in vitro inhibition of radioligand binding. However, it was not possible to explain the in vitro inhibition of radioligand binding by the concentration-time course of penbutolol using a simple competition model, although both variables were based on the same sampling site. When the in vitro inhibition of radioligand binding was plotted against the penbutolol concentration at the same sampling times (with both variables transformed to multiples of the apparent inhibition constant) the discrepancy became even more apparent as time-related counterclockwise hysteresis. None of the known metabolites of penbutolol can explain the discrepancy between the penbutolol concentration and the inhibition of radioligand binding in vitro. It appears that an other active metabolite is formed, which contributes to the effect in vitro and in vivo and so can explain the observed discrepancy.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 34 (1988), S. 633-636 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: flutamide ; prostate carcinoma ; 2-hydroxyflutamide ; pharmacokinetics ; antiandrogen ; first-pass metabolism
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Flutamide is a nonsteroidal antiandrogen used in the treatment of prostatic carcinoma. We have investigated the disposition of flutamide and its two major metabolites in ten urological in-patients without significant liver or renal disease. After oral administration flutamide is absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract with a tmax of about 2 h. Flutamide undergoes extensive first-pass metabolism, and its major metabolites are 2-hydroxyflutamide and the hydrolysis product 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitroaniline. After the oral administration of a single dose of 250 mg or 500 mg maximum flutamide plasma concentrations of 0.02 and 0.1 µg·ml−1 respectively were observed. Maximum plasma concentrations of 2-hydroxylfutamide for the same flutamide doses were 1.3 and 2.4 µg·ml−1 (mean ofn=2 orn=3). Steady-state concentrations of the biologically active metabolite 2-hydroxyflutamide (0.94±0.23 µg·ml−1, mean±SD,n=5) were found at 2–4 days after the administration of 250 mg every 8 h. The area under the plasma concentration time curve for 2-hydroxyflutamide averaged 11.4 (10.6 and 12.1) and 24.3 (21.5–29.4,n=3) µg·ml−1·h for 250 mg and 500 mg flutamide orally. 2-Hydroxyflutamide and 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitroaniline were eliminated monoexponentially with half-times of 4.3–21.9 and 4.3–17.2 h (n=5) respectively.
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  • 210
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: haemophilia-A ; factor VIII ; pharmacokinetics
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics of Factor VIII was evaluated by mathematical modeling in a large-scale study in 62 haemophilia-A subjects, in whom 137 plasma Factor VIII-time curves were measured during single dose (n=87) and repeated-dose (n=47) treatments for prophylaxis or minor bleeding episodes. The pharmacokinetic parameters [mean (SD)] estimated from single-dose curves were: clearance 3.85 ml·h−1·kg−1, volume of distribution 58.2 ml·kg−1, mean residence time 15.9 h. Parameters calculated from repeated-dose curves were: clearance 3.93 ml·h−1·kg−1, volume of distribution 61.8 ml·kg−1, and half-life 12.2 h. In patients with mild haemophilia, pharmaco-statistical analysis revealed that the endogenous synthesis of Factor VIII was constant and was not influenced by the administration of exogenous Factor VIII. The coefficient of variation for intra-individual variability of Factor VIII kinetics (estimated according to the Standard Two-Stage method) was 20.7% in single-dose curves and 23.2% in repeated-dose curves.
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  • 211
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    Keywords: mefloquine ; falciparum malaria ; Thai subjects ; pharmacokinetics
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary We have studied the kinetics of a single oral dose of mefloquine (750 mg) in 12 Thai patients with falciparum malaria and have compared the results with those of a previous study in 12 healthy Thai volunteers [6]. All the patients responded to treatment with a mean parasite clearance time of 66.6 h and a mean fever clearance time of 54.1 h. There was no significant difference in peak plasma concentration, time to peak, area under the curve or apparent volume of distribution between patients and controls. However, the terminal half-life (t1/2) and mean residence time (MRT) were shorter in the patients (12.2 vs 16.7 days for t1/2 and 15.5 vs 21.4 days for MRT). We conclude that there are changes in the disposition of mefloquine related to malaria, although the exact basis of the changes is not clear.
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  • 212
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: ivermectin ; bioavailability ; pharmacokinetics
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Administration of 12-mg doses of ivermectin (H2B1a) to 12 healthy volunteers in the form of tablets, capsules, and alcoholic oral solution showed the solution to have approximately twice the systemic availability as either of the solid forms, as evidence both by the maximum concentrations of drug attained in plasma and by the corresponding areas under the plasma concentration vs time curves. However, the two solid formulations showed similar systemic availability.
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  • 213
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: mifentidine ; H2-antagonism ; pharmacokinetics ; half-life
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Eight healthy men were each given single oral doses of mifentidine 20, 40 and 80 mg, a new H2-receptor antagonist, in a four-way, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over, dose-proportionality study. No significant objective or subjective effects were noted. Mifentidine showed unusual pharmacokinetic behaviour, producing a significant secondary peak in the drug concentration profile. The plasma AUC of mifentidine increased linearly with dose (r=0.983). The apparent plasma clearance was 38.11·h−1, 31.01·h−1, and 47.41·h−1 for the 20, 40 and 80 mg doses, respectively, and the corresponding terminal plasma half-lives were 10.3 h, 12.0 h, and 8.6 h. About 20% of the parent drug was excreted in urine over 24 h. The renal clearance (9.41/h for 20 mg, 9.5 l/h for 40 mg, and 12.8 l/h for 80 mg mifentidine) indicates that some of the drug was excreted by active tubular secretion. The results indicate that mifentidine is safe after single oral doses up to 80 mg. The pharmacokinetics of the 20 and 40 mg doses were similar, but after 80 mg the total body and renal clearances were significantly greater than after the two lower doses. As the terminal plasma half-life of mifentidine is longer than of other available H2-receptor antagonists, it may have clinical implications for once-a-day therapy of peptic ulcer diseases.
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  • 214
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: acetylsalicylic acid ; infarct prevention ; platelet aggregation ; pharmacokinetics ; healthy volunteers ; secondary heart attack prevention ; AMIS ; PARIS ; German-Austrian trials
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary In a cross-over study 6 healthy male subjects were given for 9 days the acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) preparations used in the Aspirin Myocardial Infarction Study (AMIS), Persantine-Aspirin Reinfarction Study (PARIS) and German-Austrian secondary heart attack prevention trials, exactly according to the original study protocols. Plasma concentrations of ASA and its main metabolites salicylic acid (SA) and salicyluric acid (SUA), as well as platelet function (collagen-induced platelet aggregation; tissue extract-induced change in platelet shape) were studied repeatedly on the first day of each medication period and were again examined on the sixth and ninth days. Differences in the plasma concentrations of ASA and its metabolites were found only on the first day, probably as a result of different absorption rates. Collagen-induced platelet aggregation was more rapidly inhibited the faster the preparation was absorbed. Each ASA preparation inhibited tissue extract-induced platelet shape change from the first dose, although statistically significant inhibition was seen only with the AMIS preparation. It is concluded that differences in the antithrombotic efficiency of ASA cannot be explained by differences in the pharmacokinetic and antiplatelet profiles of the various ASA preparations tested.
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  • 215
    ISSN: 1573-7373
    Keywords: leptomeningeal tumor ; intrathecal chemotherapy ; ACNU ; nitrosourea ; pharmacokinetics
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Pharmacokinetics, toxicity and therapeutic efficacy of intrathecal ACNU, 3-((4-amino-2-methyl-5-pyrimidinyl)methyl)-1-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea, were studied in rats to determine if it is a new and effective method for the treatment of malignant leptomeningeal tumors. Pharmacokinetics of intracisternally administered ACNU was studied by macroscopial autoradiography using 14C-labeled ACNU. It was demonstrated that intracisternally administered ACNU distributed in the subarachnoid space and subpial layer of the brain in high concentration and was rapidly eliminated into the systemic circulation. The diffusional transport of ACNU into the deeper part of the brain was limited. More than 3.0 mg/kg of intracisternal ACNU induced progressive loss of the weight of body in normal rats, and 80% of the rat given 6.0 mg/kg died. Increase of capillary permeability, neuronal loss and gliosis were observed in the marginal layer of the brain facing to the subarachnoid space in the rat given more than 3.0 mg/kg of ACNU. Systemic and local toxicity was not observed in the rat given less than 1.5 mg/kg. Therapeutic effect of intrathecal ACNU against leptomeningeal tumors was evaluated in the rat with meningeal carcinomatosis induced by intracisternal inoculation of Walker 256 carcinosarcoma cells. The median survival time of the rat treated with 1.5 mg/kg of intracisternal ACNU once on day 2 or on day 5 after tumor inoculation was significantly prolonged by 173%, and 214% at maximum, respectively, as compared with that of the untreated animal. These findings suggest that intrathecal ACNU may be of value for clinical trial against leptomeningeal tumors.
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  • 216
    ISSN: 1573-8744
    Keywords: pharmacokinetics ; mass balance ; regional distribution ; regional elimination
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract Mass balance principles were used to derive a number of terms that are helpful in describing the rate and extent of regional drug uptake. Regional drug uptake was defined as the net movement of drug from the blood perfusing a region into the extravascular space of the region due to the distribution and/or elimination of the drug. By analogy with the traditional physiological definition of flux, net drug flux was defined as the difference in mass per unit time of drug respectively entering and leaving a region via the arterial and venous blood vessels. The timeintegral of net drug flux, net drug mass, was defined as the mass of drug that has entered a region via the arterial blood vessels but has not left the region via the venous blood vessels. For regions in which no drug elimination occurs, the mean regional drug concentration was defined as the net drug mass divided by the mass of the region. When a number of criteria are satisfied, the net drug flux is approximately the rate of drug uptake and the net drug mass is approximately the extent of drug uptake. Several examples are given to demonstrate the broad range of applications of mass balance principles. First, the method was used to characterize the differences between drug distribution and elimination in a hypothetical region using drug concentrations simulated from compartmental models of either distribution alone or distribution with elimination. Second, the whole body distribution net flux was described during a constant rate infusion of iodohippurate (IOH) into a sheep from the difference between the whole body net flux and renal net flux of IOH. Third, the time course of the mean myocardial lignocaine (lidocaine) concentrations in a sheep after an intravenous bolus of lignocaine were described. The time course of the lignocaine-induced depression of myocardial contractility followed more closely the mean myocardial lignocaine concentrations than that of either the arterial or coronary sinus blood concentrations. It is concluded that the use of mass balance principles provides a simple, empirical, and physiologically based method for the determination of the rate and extent of both drug distribution and elimination in regions as simple as single organs or as complex as the whole body.
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  • 217
    ISSN: 1573-8744
    Keywords: lignocaine ; procainamide ; pharmacokinetics ; mass balance
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract Mass balance principles were used to describe the uptake and elution of lignocaine (lidocaine) and procainamide in the hindquarters of the sheep. Each of four sheep received a right atrial infusion of either lignocaine · HCl (2.7 mg/min) or procainamide · HCl (5.5mg/min) for 180 min. Paired arterial and inferior vena cava (draining the hindquarters) blood samples were taken at 20-min intervals during the infusion and for 180 min after the infusion. Lignocaine and procainamide mean total body clearances were 2.9 L/min (SD 1.1) and 1.3 L/min (SD 0.2), respectively. An index of the uptake and elution of these drugs in the hindquarters was estimated from the net drug mass per unit hindquarter blood flow;indirect evidence suggested that hindquarter blood flow was constant. All the net mass/flow of procainamide that was taken into the hindquarters during the infusion also eluted after the infusion, demonstrating reversible distribution into the tissues. However, uptake of procainamide was still occurring when blood concentrations were constant, indicating that the concentrations of procainamide in the hindquarters were not in equilibrium with the inferior vena cava concentrations. Lignocaine did not reach constant blood concentrations during the infusion and showed no tendency to reach arteriovenous equilibration; an arteriovenous difference of 22%(SD5%) across the hindquarters was measured during the last 60 min of the infusion. By 180 min after the lignocaine infusions, 79% (SD 8%) of the lignocaine net mass/flow had not eluted from the hindquarters when arterial and venous lignocaine concentrations were not significantly different. This drug could remain uneluted due to metabolism and/or avid tissue binding, and presents difficulties in the interpretation of pharmacokinetic data whether based on arterial or venous blood sampling.
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    Journal of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics 16 (1988), S. 331-353 
    ISSN: 1573-8744
    Keywords: Cyclosporin A ; pharmacokinetics ; dose dependency ; oral absorption ; disposition ; healthy subjects
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract The pharmacokinetics of Cyclosporin A (CyA, SandimmuneR) was studied in 12 healthy male volunteers after oral dosing of 350 mg, 700 mg, and 1400 mg as a drinking solution. Blood samples were collected over 96 hr and analyzed by high pressure liquid chromatography. Concentration data were evaluated with model-independent and model-based linear pharmacokinetic concepts. Individual CyA concentration-time profiles in whole blood were well described by a two-compartment open model with zero-order absorption for all three doses. Comparison of pharmacokinetic parameters across doses indicates that both absorption and disposition are dose-dependent. Nonlinear disposition is suggested by the significant increase of the terminal half-life from 8.9±4.9hr to 11.9±4.9hr (mean±SD) after a 350 mg and a 1400 mg dose, respectively. Changes in the metabolic activity of the liver with concentration might be responsible for this phenomenon. In addition, the modeling approach indicated that bioavailability decreases with increasing dose. Moreover, the dependence of the rate of CyA absorption (zero-order rate constant) versus dose was well described by a hyperbola. The limited solubility of the drug in the gastrointestinal tract might be responsible for this behavior. The lag time (0.2–0.8 hr) was independent of dose. This value is similar to the time of gastric emptying in fasting volunteers. The duration of absorption for 11 of 12 subjects was in the range 2.5–3.5 hr over all doses and agrees well with the small intestine transit time. Some subjects showed a marked secondary peak at one or two doses, which could be adequately fitted by a model with two successive zero-order inputs. This double-peak behavior was ascribed to the influence of the food on gastric emptying. Dose dependency of disposition and absorption counterbalance each other in the usual dose range. This leads to an almost proportional increase of area under the blood CyA concentration-time profile with increasing dose.
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  • 219
    ISSN: 1573-8744
    Keywords: oxazepam ; pharmacokinetics ; pharmacodynamics ; anticonvulsant response ; pentylenetetrazol threshold ; kinetic-dynamic model
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract This investigation developed strategies along which the anticonvulsant effect of oxazepam in the rat could be pharmacokinetically modeled. After determination of the pharmacokinetics of oxazepam, which could be described with a two-compartment model (halflives of distribution and elimination 6 and 52 min, respectively), the drug was administered iv to groups of animals to achieve a serum concentration range of 0.1–2.5 mg/L at 10, 45, and 120 min after administration. At these time points pentylenetetrazol (PTZ) was infused slowly until the first myoclonic jerk occurred. The anticonvulsant response, expressed as the elevation of the serum or brain threshold concentration of PTZ, was modeled versus the serum (both total and free) and brain oxazepam concentration, according to the sigmoid E max model. The total serum and brain oxazepam EC50 values are about 0.5 mg/L and 1.1 mg/kg, respectively, and E max 120 mg/L PTZ. No marked differences in pharmacodynamic parameters between the three time groups were found, which indicates that serum and brain are pharmacokinetically indistinguishable from the effect compartment, that there is no (inter) activity of oxazepam metabolites and absence of development of acute tolerance during the investigated time frame. An interfering role of metabolites was also excluded by a direct radioreceptor assay of oxazepam, yielding very similar results as the specific Chromatographic assay. It is concluded that the concentration-anticonvulsant effect relationship of oxazepam can satisfactorily be described by the sigmoid E max model, when utilizing the employed experimental strategies.
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  • 220
    ISSN: 1573-904X
    Keywords: pharmacokinetics ; 6-mercaptopurine ; targeted drug delivery ; renal transplantation ; intraarterial infusion
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract We developed a canine renal allograft model utilizing implantable infusion pumps and biocompatible catheters to investigate the pharmacokinetics of local immunosuppressive drug administration. Seven mongrel dogs underwent bilateral nephrectomy and autotransplantation of one kidney to the iliac vessels. The proximal end of an infusion catheter directed into the iliac artery was tunneled to a subcutaneously placed programmable pump. A second, sampling catheter was placed with its tip in the iliac vein. Simultaneous regional (iliac vein) and systemic (jugular vein) venous concentrations of 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP), the immunosuppressive metabolite of azathioprine, were determined during a continuous 24-h intraarterial infusion (10 mg/kg/24 hr). The gradient between regional and systemic 6-MP concentrations was maximal initially when the pump was turned on, continuously decreased until steady state was reached, and disappeared immediately after the pump was turned off. The mean ratio of steady-state iliac vein to systemic 6-MP concentrations was 5.0 ± 1.4, demonstrating a pharmacokinetic advantage of continuous intraarterial 6-MP infusion to the autotransplanted kidney. The novel canine renal allograft model described herein overcomes the technical limitations of earlier models and represents a foundational step in the design of intrarenal infusion patterns of immunosuppressive agents which we expect to prolong survival of the allotransplanted kidney with minimal systemic drug exposure and side effects.
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    Keywords: di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate ; liquid chromatographic (LC) analysis ; pharmacokinetics ; renal failure ; mongrel dog
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    Notes: Abstract A high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) assay was developed for the determination of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) in serum or plasma. Plasma DEHP concentrations that were measured by HPLC in specimens obtained from hemodialysis patients were in good agreement with corresponding concentrations that were measured by gas chromatography with selected ion monitoring (GC-SIM) (r 2 = 0.996). Plasma DEHP concentrations were measured after intravenous DEHP administration (1.2–4.4 mg DEHP/kg body weight) to determine the effect of bilateral ureteral ligation on DEHP elimination in the mongrel dog. DEHP plasma clearance (∼6.3 ml/min/kg), steady-state distribution volume (∼0.2l/kg), and terminal half-life (∼50 min) were unchanged in two dogs following bilateral ureteral ligation. DEHP terminal half-life and steady-state distribution volume were substantially smaller (25- to 70-fold) than reported previously in the rat or dog.
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    ISSN: 1590-3478
    Keywords: Parkinson disease ; levodopa ; pharmacokinetics ; on-off phenomenon
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    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Sommario I principali parametri farmacocinetici periferici della associazione levodopa/carbidopa sono stati studiati in 11 volontari sani ed in 16 pazienti affetti da morbo di Parkinson in differenti stadi di malattia, con e senza fluttuazioni delle performances motorie. Dopo somministrazione per via orale di una dose standard del farmaco (levodopa 250 mg., carbidopa 25 mg.), i valori della concentrazione plasmatica massima, del tempo di comparsa del picco e dell'area sotto la curva concentrazione/tempo sono risultati simili in tutti i gruppi esaminati. La farmacocinetica periferica dell'associazione levodopa/carbidopa non è risultata essere differente nei parkinsoniani che presentavano delle fluttuazioni delle performances motorie in confronto ai pazienti con stabile risposta clinica alla terapia.
    Notes: Abstract The principal peripheral pharmacokinetic parameters of the levodopa/carbidopa association were investigated in 11 healthy volunteers and in 16 patients at various stages of Parkinson disease, with and without the on-off phenomenon. After oral administration of a standard dose of drug (levodopa 250 mg + carbidopa 25 mg) the peak plasma concentrations, peak onset time and area under the curve/time proved to be similar across the groups. There was no difference in peripheral pharmacokinetics of the association between parkinsonian patients with swings in response and those without.
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    Keywords: quantitative structure–activity analysis (QSAR) ; topological approach ; benzodiazepines ; pharmacokinetics
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    Notes: Abstract The graph theoretical indices for a series of 13 benzodiazepines were calculated using a graph-path topological method. The total molecule, the ring fragments, and combinations of ring fragments were subjected to a quantitative structure–activity analysis using eight pharmacokinetic parameters. The metabolic clearance and the blood-to-plasma concentration ratios were most highly correlated with the graph theoretical indices, with R values of 0.975 and 0.938, respectively. These correlations were found when the diazepine + benzo fragment and phenyl fragment were used to calculate the graph-path indices. Terminal disposition half-life was correlated with the benzo + diazepine fragment, with R = 0.969. Truncating the graph-path codes by eliminating cycles in the total molecule markedly improved the correlation coefficients. When compared to the graph-path indices for the total molecule, the correlation coefficients for the terminal disposition half-life and metabolic clearance data rose from 0.721 to 0.935 and from 0.770 to 0.968, respectively, using the graph-path indices of the truncated molecule. Intrinsic clearance of unbound drug also was poorly correlated with the total molecule (r 〈 0.7) but rose significantly using the graph-path indices of the truncated moleucle (r = 0.971 and 0.975 for the well-stirred and parallel-tube models, respectively.)
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    Keywords: disopyramide ; pharmacokinetics ; plasma proteins ; stereoisomers
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    Pharmaceutical research 5 (1988), S. 628-633 
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    Keywords: cimetidine ; cerebrospinal fluid ; clearance ; choroid plexus ; pharmacokinetics ; transport
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    Notes: Abstract The major goal of this study was to develop a small animal model that could be used to assess quantitatively the clearance of cimetidine from the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) under relatively physiologic conditions. In addition, we addressed questions related to the pathways involved in the elimination of cimetidine from the CSF. We administered high and low bolus doses of cimetidine together with inulin, as a marker of bulk flow, into the lateral ventricle of anesthetized rats and sampled CSF from the cisterna magna. Principles of linear pharmacokinetic systems were applied to the data to obtain clearances from the CSF. The clearance of inulin was 2.02 ± 0.22 µl/min, which is in excellent agreement with the CSF production rate of 2.2 µl/min in anesthetized rats. The clearance of cimetidine from the CSF following the administration of a low dose was 11.8 ± 3.1 µl/min, which is in good agreement with the cimetidine CSF clearance in the rat obtained previously in studies using the technique of ventriculocisternal perfusion. A 32% decrease in the CSF clearance of cimetidine (P 〈 0.05) was observed when the high dose was administered, suggesting that CSF elimination is saturable. The clearance of inulin was unaffected by the high dose of cimetidine. This study demonstrates that the technique of lateral ventricle injection and sampling from the cisterna magna is useful in quantitatively assessing the elimination of compounds from the CSF in the rat under relatively physiologic conditions.
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    Keywords: quazepam ; metabolites ; reversed phase ; high-performance liquid chromatography ; solid-phase extraction ; plasma ; sublingual ; pharmacokinetics
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract A reverse-phase liquid chromatographic method is described for simultaneous quantification of quazepam, and two of its metabolites, 2-oxoquazepam and N-desalkyl-2-oxoquazepam. The method uses a solid-phase extraction procedure to prepare plasma samples. After extraction, the methanolic extract is evaporated; the residue is then reconstituted in a small volume of mobile phase and chromatographed. The total chromatography time for a single sample is about 20 min. A sensitivity of 1 ng/ml for quazepam and its metabolites is attained when 1 ml of plasma is extracted. Analytical recovery of quazepam and its metabolites added to plasma ranged from 87 to 96%. The maximum within-day and day-to-day coefficients of variation for each compound at concentrations of 20 and 60 ng/ml were 7.6 and 11.2%, respectively. The method was applied to sublingual pharmacokinetic studies of quazepam in healthy volunteers.
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  • 227
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    Keywords: methylprednisolone phosphate ; methylprednisolone hemisuccinate ; pharmacokinetics ; saliva analysis ; endogenous hydrocortisone
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    Notes: Abstract The pharmacokinetics of methylprednisolone and two methylprednisolone esters, the phosphate and the hemisuccinate, were investigated after intravenous administration of the esters to 12 healthy male subjects in two different doses (250 and 1000 mg). Methylprednisolone was formed more rapidly from phosphate than from hemisuccinate. During the first 30 min methylprednisolone levels were three to four times higher after phosphate administration than after hemisuccinate. The mean residence time of the hemisuccinate was significantly longer and the total-body clearance lower than those of the phosphate. Whereas very little of the phosphate (mean, 1.7%) was eliminated unchanged into the urine, there were significant amounts of hemisuccinate (mean, 14.7%) excreted renally and therefore not bioavailable. Methylprednisolone saliva levels paralleled plasma levels; the average saliva/plasma ratio was 0.22. Neither phosphate nor hemisuccinate could be detected in saliva. An average of 7.2% of the administered dose was eliminated in the form of methylprednisolone in urine. Renal clearance was 24 ml/min and not dose or prodrug dependent. For both doses endogenous hydrocortisone levels were lowered after 24 hr. For the 1000-mg dose the depression was still significant after 48 hr. The results indicate that methylprednisolone phosphate results in a faster and more efficient conversion to its active form, methylprednisolone, than methylprednisolone hemisuccinate.
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    Pharmaceutical research 5 (1988), S. 718-721 
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    Keywords: hydromorphone ; intranasal ; transdermal ; pharmacokinetics ; bioavailability
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    Notes: Abstract The pharmacokinetics and bioavailability of hydromorphone following various routes of administration, i.e., intravenous, oral, intranasal, and transdermal, were investigated in rabbits. Hydromorphone plasma concentrations were determined by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HLPC). Comparison of area under the concentration versus time curve (AUC) between intravenous and oral administrations showed a low bioavailability of hydromorphone after oral administration. The nasal absorption of hydromorphone was studied by the in situ nasal recirculation technique, and the results showed that hydromorphone is well absorbed from the nasal mucosa. The transdermal permeation of hydromorphone was also evaluated for 24 hr and a steady-state plasma concentration (0.135 µg/ml) was achieved during the 6- to 24-hr periods following the application of a transdermal patch on the inner pinna of the rabbit's ear.
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  • 229
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    Keywords: methemoglobin ; cyanide antidote ; cyanide poisoning ; pharmacokinetics ; rats
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    Notes: Abstract The effects of the administration of methemoglobin (MetHb) prepared in vitro were evaluated in Sprague–Dawley rats given increasing doses of potassium cyanide (KCN). Median lethal dose (LD50) studies were conducted by giving intraperitoneal injections of KCN (in 0.3- to 0.5-ml volumes), then 2 min later administering intravenous (iv) doses of 1000, 1500, or 2500 mg/kg of MetHb through the tail vein. Control rats received an equivalent volume of saline. The resulting LD50 values for KCN were 7.4 ± 1.1, 11.7 ± 1.1, 13.9 ± 1.0, and 14.2 ± 1.0 mg/kg (mean ± SD) for the control (no MetHb) and 1000-, 1500-, and 2500-mg/kg dose groups, respectively. Additional groups of rats were given 1000, 1500, or 2500 mg/kg MetHb and submitted for necropsy. The gross finding of darkened kidneys was present in both dose groups, but became consistent and more prominent in the 2500-mg/kg dose group. Evidence of pathologic changes was not present in other organs. Single-dose pharmacokinetic studies were conducted using iv doses of 1600 and 2500 mg/kg MetHb. The elimination half-life was similar in both doses (62.6 min), but the volume of distribution (95.3 ± 7.2 and 126.3 ± 5.2 ml/kg, mean ± SE) and clearance (1.1 ± 0.1 and 1.5 ± 0.1 ml/min/kg) were significantly different (P 〈 0.05) for the 1600-and 2500-mg/kg dose groups, respectively. From these data we conclude that although MetHb is cleared from the vascular system rapidly, it may be an effective and nontoxic antidote for doses of cyanide up to twice that of the control LD50.
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    Keywords: capillary gas chromatography ; analysis ; stability ; pharmacokinetics ; carmustine ; lomustine
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    Notes: Abstract An expedient, rapid, and sensitive capillary gas chromatographic method for the analysis of l,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-l-nitrosourea (BCNU) or l-(2-chloroethyl)-3-cyclohexyl-l-nitrosourea (CCNU) in plasma is described. Separation of the underivatized nitrosourea compounds was performed on a 0.33-mm-i.d., 25-m fused-silica, SE-30 capillary column, and detection was carried out using a thermionic N–P-specific detector. The compounds were extracted from plasma with benzene with a yield of 〉87%. The assay was linear in the ranges of 0.001 to 0.5 and 0.5 to 25 µg/ml for CCNU or 0.003 to 0.50 and 0.5 to 25 µg/ml for BCNU, with correlation coefficients from 0.9914 to 0.9999 and coefficients of variation (CV) of 〈3.3%. Other antineoplastic agents did not interfere in the assay. The method was employed to study the pharmacokinetics of BCNU in rabbits. The plasma concentration-time curves were fit to a two-compartment model with a mean (SE) α, β, and total-body clearance of 2.898 (0.913) hr−1, 0.1228 (0.0179) hr−1, and 7.211 (2.862) liters/hr · kg, respectively. Further, the stability of BCNU and CCNU in solution was examined at different temperatures. Both compounds were stable in benzene or acetone (4 to 37°C) but labile in plasma even if refrigerated. The apparent rate constants for degradation of BCNU and CCNU were 0.09921 and 0.02853 hr−1 at 4°C and 5.998 and 2.553 hr−1 at 37°C, respectively.
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    Pharmaceutical research 5 (1988), S. 437-439 
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    Keywords: antipyrine ; dextromethorphan ; drug metabolism ; enzyme induction ; pharmacokinetics
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    Notes: Abstract Numerous agents that undergo extensive first-pass metabolism have been shown to inhibit oxidative drug metabolism. To examine whether this effect is related to the chemical structure or pharmacokinetic characteristics of the inhibiting agent, we determined the effect of dextromethorphan (a compound which exhibits pharmacokinetic similarities to, but is chemically dissimilar from, previously studied agents) on the disposition of antipyrine. A single oral dose of dextromethorphan hydrobromide, 100 mg/kg, 1 hr prior to antipyrine administration had no significant effect on the pharmacokinetics of this model substrate. The administration of dextromethorphan at the same dose twice daily for 3 days and an additional dose 1 hr prior to antipyrine administration resulted in a 33% increase in the clearance of antipyrine. These data indicate that dextromethorphan is capable of inducing hepatic microsomal enzymes. Studies are needed to determine if this effect also occurs upon chronic administration in humans. These data suggest that the pharmacokinetic characteristic of extensive first-pass metabolism is not necessarily associated with inhibition of drug metabolism.
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    Keywords: mean residence time ; moment analysis ; pharmacokinetics ; Michaelis–Menten elimination ; compartmental models
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    Notes: Abstract Equations for the mean residence time (MRT) of drug in the body and related functions are derived for drugs which are intravenously administered into a one- or two-compartment system with Michaelis–Menten elimination. This MRT is a function of the steady-state volume of distribution and time-average clearance obtained from the dose and area under the curve (dose/AUC). The differences between the MRT calculated by the proposed method and by using the moment theory method (AUMC/AUC) are demonstrated both mathematically and by computer simulations. The validity of the proposed method for calculation of MRT and its relationship to the moment theory result have also been assessed by examining the percentage of the administered dose eliminated and the percentage of the total area attained at MRT and at AUMC/AUC in relation to the dose. The equations evolved should be helpful in clarifying residence time derivations and in defining the disposition characteristics and differences between linear and nonlinear systems. Direct methods are provided for calculation of Michaelis–Menten parameters based on the relationship between MRT and dose.
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    Keywords: mean residence time ; pharmacokinetics ; Michaelis-Menten elimination ; one-compartment model
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    Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine 106 (1988), S. 1104-1107 
    ISSN: 1573-8221
    Keywords: nootropic drugs ; pharmacokinetics ; behavior ; rat
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 631-634 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: salbutamol ; albuterol ; pharmacokinetics ; bioavailability ; healthy volunteers
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Salbutamol was administered to sixteen healthy male volunteers intravenously and by mouth in liquid, tablet, and capsule form using a Latin-Squares design. Pharmacokinetic parameters from intravenous data were similar to previously reported values obtained with oral administration, with a mean terminal half-life of 3.8 h and a mean clearance of 439 ml·min−1·1.73 m−2. Peak plasma concentrations of 10–20 ng·ml−1 were obtained 1–3 h following oral administration. The absolute bioavailability of each of the oral preparations was 44%. While statistically significant differences in lag time and time to peak concentration were noted among the various oral preparations, the drug is rapidly absorbed in all three dosage forms and the observed differences are unlikely to be of clinical significance.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 411-418 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: 5-fluorouracil ; colorectal carcinoma ; pharmacokinetics ; product-inhibition ; blood clearance
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The nonlinear disposition kinetics of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) were investigated in 6 patients with colorectal carcinoma. Each patient randomly received two single, intravenous doses of 5-FU (7.5 and 15 mg/kg) on separate days. Venous blood and urine samples were collected just prior to and for 5 h after drug administration. In addition to the kinetic studies, the in vitro whole blood/plasma concentration ratio and stability of 5-FU at 37°C were determined in whole blood from normal volunteers and from 5 patients with colorectal carcinoma. A disproportionate increase in area under the curve and corresponding decrease in total body clearance with increasing dose was observed suggesting dose-dependent behavior of 5-FU. Doubling the dose was accompanied by a 36% decrease in nonrenal clearance but no apparent change in renal clearance. Therefore, the mechanism for dose-dependent elimination appears to be primarily associated with nonrenal processes. The mean 5-FU half-life following the high dose was nearly twice as long as that observed for the low dose (12.3 versus 6.2 min). The log-linear decline in plasma concentrations and increase in half-life with dose suggest the potential role of product-inhibition as an explanation for the observed nonlinearity in 5-FU elimination. The present study demonstrates that 5-FU degrades when incubated in whole blood. This most likely reflects metabolism in red blood cells or other blood-formed elements since 5-FU was stable in plasma. Although degradation in whole blood occurs, the estimated whole blood clearance does not contribute significantly to the observed total body clearance value. These findings suggest the possibility of pulmonary clearance of 5-FU.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 431-432 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: theophylline ; fluoroquinolones ; drug interaction ; pharmacokinetics ; ofloxacin ; norfloxacin
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Pretreatment for 3 days with oral ofloxacin or norfloxacin had no significant effect on the disposition of a single i.v. dose the theophylline in healthy volunteers.
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    Keywords: growth hormone releasing factor ; radio-immunoassay ; pharmacokinetics ; variance model
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    Notes: Summary Three ranges of doses of growth hormone releasing factor (2.5–80 µg, 80–320 µg and 75–600 µg) were intravenously administered to healthy young volunteers in three double blind studies. Serum circulating GRF levels were determined by radioimmunoassay. Experimental concentration curves were fitted, using the extended least squares method, to a biexponential model for the structural model and power function for the variance model. The power variance model, compared to the constant variance model greatly reduced the coefficient of variation of the biexponential parameters. The power of the variance model was estimated to be 1.95. The distribution half-life was 6.6 min and the elimination half-life was 39.0 min (harmonic means). Total clearance was 0.12±0.01 µg/l/min. No difference between these parameters was found for the various doses. GRF kinetics was linear established in the range 10 to 600 µg which means that elimination was not altered by the increased doses.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 563-568 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: nitrendipine ; pharmacokinetics ; hepatitis ; liver cirrhosis ; protein binding
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Twenty one patients with liver disease (cirrhosis 11, chronic hepatitis 5 and acute hepatitis 5) and 6 healthy volunteers were given a single i.v. dose of nitrendipine 5 mg. Afterwords nitrendipine 20 mg once daily were administered orally for seven days. With the intravenous injection a significant increase in the AUC and elimination half-life of nitrendipine was found in patients with cirrhosis as compared to the normal volunteers. After chronic oral dosing, the area under the plasma concentration-time curve, AUC (0–24), was 94.5 ng ml−1 h and the plasma clearance CL was 1380.6 ml/min in the healthy controls; in patients with cirrhosis the AUC (0–24) h was significantly greater at 309.4 ng ml−1 h and CL had fallen to 686.6 ml/min. Considerable accumulation of nitrendipine was also found in the patients with chronic hepatitis. Nitrendipine could not be detected in urine from any of the subjects. Blood pressure and heart rate were not significantly influenced by the treatment in the various groups investigated. Antipyrine clearance in the patients with cirrhosis was correlated with the nitrendipine plasma clearance. Thus, accumulation of nitrendipine has been demonstrated in the patients with cirrhosis and chronic hepatitis.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 597-605 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: iloprost ; prostacyclin analogue ; pharmacokinetics ; pharmacodynamics ; radiolabeled study ; volunteers ; side-effects
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The plasma levels and excretion of tritium-labeled iloprost in healthy elderly male and female volunteers have been measured after i.v. infusion of 2 ng·kg−1·min−1 for 4 h and oral administration of 0.1 and 0.48 μg/kg. During infusion, a steady-state of labeled compounds in the plasma was not achieved. Total radioactivity declined from a mean of 408 pg equiv/ml in three phases, with half-lives of 24 min, 1.7 h and 5.0 h, respectively. A steady-state of unchanged iloprost was reached rapidly with a peak of 81 pg/ml. Plasma levels declined biphasically with half-lives of 6 min and 31 min. Total clearance was 24 ml· min−1·kg−1. Maximum concentrations of labeled substances after oral administration were 307 and 1,051 pg equiv/ml after 29 and 39 min respectively. The peak of unchanged iloprost (116 pg/ml) was observed 7.5 min after an oral dose of 0.48 μg/kg. Bioavailability was 16%. Iloprost was totally metabolized and the metabolities were mainly excreted in urine. The main biotransformation products in plasma and urine were tentatively identified by cochromatography as dinor-and tetranoriloprost and their glucuronides. ADP-induced platelet aggregation was reduce by 60% during the i.v. infusion and 15 min after oral administration of 0.48 μg/kg. Heart rate and blood pressure were virtually unaffected. Common side-effects were facial flush, headache and nausea.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 625-629 
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    Keywords: disopyramide ; bioavailability ; saturable binding ; pharmacokinetics
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics of disopyramide were determined in 10 healthy volunteers after a 300 mg oral dose and again after a 2mg/kg i.v. dose. The unbound clearance was 599 ml/min and the unbound renal clearance 310 ml/min. The terminal elimination rate constant of unbound drug was 0.180 h−1 after the i.v. dose and 0.203 h−1 after the oral dose. The absorption rate constant was 0.53−1 and the maximum peak concentration occurred after 3.2 h. The bioavailability was 0.809 using the area under the unbound plasma concentration time curve. Although a saturable plasma protein binding was found in all subjects the bioavailability using the total concentration, in contrast to theoretical expectations, showed the same value (0.813) as the unbound concentrations.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 33 (1987), S. 197-201 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: ceftazidime ; renal impairment ; plasmapheresis ; pharmacokinetics ; cephalosporins ; autoimmune disease
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The influence of plasmapheresis (PA) on the elimination kinetics of ceftazidime (Cef) has been investigated. A single dose of Cef was administered intravenously to 11 patients with autoimmune diseases and varying degrees of renal impairment (Group I CLCR〈50 ml/min, Group II CLCR〉50 ml/min). In Groups I and II the mean total clearance of Cef (CL) was 30 and 116 ml/min−1, respectively. The elimination half-life (t1\2β) and the volume of distribution (V) were significantly higher in Group I than in Group II (11.9 vs 2.0 h, 27.1 vs 18.5 l). PA had no influence on the plasma level-time profile of Cef. The amount of Cef recovered from separated plasma accounted for only 2 to 9% of the administered dose, being particularly low in patients with normal renal function (4.6%). Thus, since elimination of Cef via PA is negligible, dosage calculations should be based solely on renal function.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 33 (1987), S. 227-230 
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    Keywords: enoxacin ; theophylline ; drug interaction ; healthy volunteers ; adverse effects ; pharmacokinetics ; renal tubular excretion
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    Notes: Summary The mechanism of the theophylline-enoxacin interaction has been studied in six healthy subjects. Theophylline 250 mg was administered p.o., twice daily for 11 days in a sustained release dosage form. On the 4th day of treatment, blood samples were taken every 2 h and urine was collected over 1 dose interval. From Days 5 to 11 coated tablets of enoxacin 400 mg b.i.d. were coadministered. On Day 11 blood and urine were collected as on Day 4. The mean plasma theophylline concentration rose from 4.4 to 15.1 mg/l, corresponding to a 73.6% reduction in total clearance. The urinary excretion of unchanged theophylline increased from 12.7 to 35.3%, whereas the production of metabolites was reduced (1-demethylation 81.4%; 3-demethylation 83.1%, 8-hydroxylation 74.6%). The results indicate that the theophylline-enoxacin interaction may be due to inhibition of the cytochrome P-450 isozymes responsible for theophylline metabolism. Unexpectedly, the renal clearance of theophylline metabolites was found to be drastically reduced when enoxacin was coadministered. This led to unchanged or even to elevated plasma levels of the metabolites. The mechanism of this interaction is still to be elucidated, but it may be due to competition for renal tubular secretion.
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    Keywords: iron deficiency anaemia ; sulphadimidine ; absorption ; pharmacokinetics
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    Notes: Summary The effect of iron deficiency anaemia and its treatment on the absorption of sulphadimidine has been investigated in adult patients. The absorption judged by total % of the dose excreted in urine and Cmax, tmax, AUC and Kabs in plasma, was not significantly different before and after iron therapy or correction of anaemia. However, sulphadimidine absorption by the anaemic patients was significantly greater than in normals.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 33 (1987), S. 315-318 
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    Keywords: propranolol ; pharmacodynamics ; pharmacokinetics ; beta-blockade ; sustained-release propranolol
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    Notes: Summary The duration and extent of cardiac beta-blockade and their relationship to propranolol pharmacokinetics were assessed in nine healthy volunteers. Each subject received 160 mg of regular propranolol (R), 160 mg of sustained-release propranolol (SR) and no drug (control), both as single doses and once daily for 7 days. After single doses and at steady-state, both products caused a decrease in exercise heart rate for at least 24 h, compared to control. The time course of effect was similar to the time course of serum propranolol concentration. The oral clearance of propranolol decreased from single doses to steady-state for both R and SR; however, the difference achieved statistical significance only for R. These changes were reflected in mean accumulation ratios (AUC steady-state 0–24 h/AUC single dose 0-infinity) of 1.49 and 1.68 for R and SR, respectively. The pharmacokinetic data are consistent with a decrease in intrinsic hepatic clearance of propranolol, leading to an increase in bioavailability at steady-state. Despite a two-fold difference in the bioavailability of R and SR, there was no difference in the area under the effect-time curve at steady-state.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 33 (1987), S. 355-361 
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    Keywords: metoprolol ; smoking ; gender ; pharmacokinetics ; HPLC ; healthy volunteers
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    Notes: Summary The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of cigarette smoking and gender on the pharmacokinetics of metoprolol. Eighteen volunteers with no evidence of clinical disease each randomly received the following doses of metoprolol tartrate: 100 mg orally, 200 mg orally and 20 mg as a constant-rate intravenous infusion over 20 min. The only significant difference between smokers (S) and nonsmokers (NS) was that S had a larger steady-state volume of distribution (3.3 vs 2.5 l/kg). There were no differences in half-life, systemic clearance or bioavailability (f). No differences were observed between males (M) and females (FM) for any of the kinetic parameters examined. Systemic bioavailability varied markedly between subjects (range: 15 to 92%). In fifteen of the eighteen subjects, f was higher after the 200-mg dose compared to the 100-mg dose. These results suggest that metoprolol may be subject to saturable presystemic elimination and extend the previous observations of Johnsson et al. [1] who showed that f increased from 31% to 46% when doses were increased from 20 to 100 mg. However, the difference in f as the dose is increased is unlikely to be clinically significant since the mean difference is smaller than the variation in f among subjects.
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  • 247
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    Keywords: amodiaquine ; Plasmodium falciparum malaria ; monodesethylamodiaquine ; HPLC ; pharmacokinetics ; prophylaxis ; metabolism
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    Notes: Summary The disposition of monodesethylamodiaquine was studied in four healthy subjects after a single oral dose of 10 mg/kg amodiaquine base. Amodiaquine was not found in any sample, but the major metabolite monodesethylamodiaquine was detected and was assumed to be the sole derivative that contributed significantly to antimalarial activity in the blood. The best fit for the decay of the metabolite was obtained with a three-compartment model. The half-lives of the first two phases were 3.2 to 11.4 h for t1/2α1 and 22.7 to 50.3 h for t1/2α2 in plasma. The half-life of the terminal phase ( t1/2β) was between 9 and 18.2 days. The concentration in whole blood was 4- to 6-times higher than in plasma. Three schedules (alternate days, weekly, daily) of the conventional prophylactic dose of 10 mg/kg per week were compared in six other healthy subjects. There were significant differences in the plasma monodesethylamodiaquine levels between the three schedules.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 33 (1987), S. 423-426 
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    Keywords: Ketanserin ; pharmacokinetics ; hypertension ; ketanserinol ; predicted plasma concentration
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    Notes: Summary We have studied the pharmacokinetics of ketanserin in 6 hypertensive patients after a single oral 40 mg dose and at steady-state after 4 weeks treatment with 20 mg and then 40 mg 12-hourly. Pharmacokinetic variables after a single dose were similar to those reported in healthy volunteers, with median values for Cmax 112 ng·ml−1, tmax 1 h, and t1/2 19 h. The corresponding values for the metabolite ketanserinol were Cmax 155 ng·ml−1, tmax 2 h, and t1/2 25 h. The median AUC was 3.3 times greater for ketanserinol than for the parent drug. These results were used to predict the mean steady-state plasma concentrations of ketanserin and ketanserinol. Predicted values were on average similar to those observed after four weeks treatment with 40 mg 12-hourly, although there were marked differences between the observed and predicted values in some patients. There was no evidence of time- or dose-dependent kinetics for ketanserin, but the study had insufficient power to exclude the occurrence of these phenomena entirely.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 33 (1987), S. 531-534 
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    Keywords: ketoconazole ; pharmacokinetics ; antimycotic drug
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    Notes: Summary We have studied the pharmacokinetics of the anti-mycotic ketoconazole in seven patients who took it for 1–6 months at a dose of 200 mg daily. The mean elimination half-life of the drug was 3.3 h, and although the ketoconazole was given only once daily, a satisfactory clinical response was obtained in all seven individuals. Only a small fraction of the absorbed drug (mean 0.22%) was excreted unchanged in the urine, suggesting almost complete metabolism. Our results support the concept that anti-mycotic activity in the tissues continues after the plasma drug concentration has fallen below a critical level. Our results also support the concept of a change in pharmacokinetics with chronic dosing.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 33 (1987), S. 67-72 
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    Keywords: cisplatin ; pharmacokinetics ; modelling ; drug dispositions ; cancer patients
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    Notes: Summary We have fitted a first-order multicompartment pharmacokinetic model to plasma platinum concentrations measured in nine ovarian cancer patients who received intravenous infusions of cisplatin for 6 h. The time-course of ultrafilterable plasma platinum was similar in all patients studied, and was fitted by a single compartment within the limits of experimental detection. However, the time-course of protein-bound platinum showed marked differences between patients, the differences being explained by distribution to two peripheral compartments. The wide inter-patient variation observed in protein-bound plasma platinum concentrations supports the view that pharmacokinetic modelling should be carried out separately for each patient, since averaging plasma concentrations would have obscured some individual pharmacokinetic characteristics.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 33 (1987), S. 59-65 
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    Keywords: indoramin ; 6-hydroxyindoramin ; debrisoquine ; hydroxylators ; genetic polymorphism ; blood pressure ; pharmacokinetics ; healthy volunteers
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    Notes: Summary Five poor metabolisers (PM) and seven extensive metabolisers (EM), of debrisoquine, all healthy volunteers, received 50 mg indoramin orally following an overnight fast. Plasma concentrations of indoramin and 6-hydroxyindoramin were determined by HPLC with fluorimetric detection. In PM subjects, mean values of Cmax (158 ng/ml) and AUC(0–24) (2556 ng·h·m−1) for indoramin were substantially elevated and t1/2β (18.5 h) prolonged by comparison with values in the EM subjects (21.6 ng/ml, 151 ng·h·ml−1 and 5.2 h respectively). For 6-hydroxyindoramin, on the other hand, Cmax (12.4 ng/ml) and AUC(0–8) (47.5 ng·h·ml−1) in PM subjects were significantly lower than in the EM subjects (28.2 ng/ml and 94.7 ng·h·ml−1). There was a tendency to a higher incidence of side-effects in the PM group. Although the difference did not achieve statistical significance (0.1〉p〉0.05), all the PM subjects experienced sedation compared to only two in the EM group. Differences in blood pressure and pulse rate between the two groups were small. It is concluded that the oxidative metabolism of indoramin is subject to genetic polymorphism, which is probably under the control of the same gene locus as that influencing debrisoquine oxidation. The clinical consequences are discussed.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 33 (1987), S. 179-183 
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    Keywords: aminoglycosides ; haemodialysis ; gentamicin ; tobramycin ; pharmacokinetics ; renal failure ; kanamycin
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    Notes: Summary The study was undertaken to look for a correlation between the measured elimination rate constants (k) of aminoglycosides and creatinine during haemodialysis. The pharmacokinetics of aminoglycosides were studied during 44 courses of haemodialysis in 21 patients. The measured k of gentamicin and tobramycin from the start until 30 min after the end of haemodialysis (mean 0.18 h−1; t1/2=3 h 51 min) was significantly correlated with the measured k of creatinine (mean 0.13 h−1; t1/2=5 h, 20 min), and also with the gentamicin and tobramycin k during haemodialysis (mean 0.20 h−1, t1/2=3 h, 28 min), as predicted by a computer program. Thus, serum concentrations of aminoglycosides 30 min after haemodialysis can be estimated by simple regression equations. However, because the measured and predicted values may diverge considerably in the individual patient, monitoring of aminoglycoside concentrations in serum after haemodialysis remains necessary.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 33 (1987), S. 287-292 
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    Keywords: praziquantel ; cysticercosis ; pharmacokinetics ; cerebrospinal fluid ; parasite drug level
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    Notes: Summary Two patients with cysticercosis received praziquantel (PZQ) 75 mg/kg/day orally together with 30 mg prednisone daily for 3 weeks. The first patient presented with grand-mal seizures, a pyramidal tract syndrome and subcutaneous cysticerci, and the other had internal hydrocephalus necessitating drainage. Serial plasma samples were taken after the first dose of PZQ. Lumbar CSF was obtained from the first patient and ventricular CSF from the second. Subcutaneous cysticerci were removed from the first patient. PZQ in the specimens was assayed by GLC. For distribution between plasma and CSF a rate constant of 4.9 h−1 for free PZQ, corresponding to a t1/2 of 8 min or less for the non-protein bound fraction was calculated for Patient 1. In the second patient the distribution was so rapid that the rate constant could not be calculated. The difference in distribution rate might have been due to use of different sampling times or to a time lag in the entry of PZQ between the ventricles and the lumbar sac. The rate constant for distribution of the drug between plasma and parasites was 1.4 h−1, corresponding to a t1/2 of 30 min or less. Thus PZQ penetrates rapidly into the CSF. It enters the parasite more slowly, although still more rapidly than the plasma half-life of PZQ (1–1 1/2 h).
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    Keywords: metoprolol ; neonates ; amniotic fluid ; pharmacokinetics
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    Notes: Summary Seven women were treated with metoprolol 50–100 mg twice daily for hypertension in pregnancy. The disposition of metoprolol and one of its metabolites alfa-OH-metoprolol was studied in venous plasma and amniotic fluid during labour, in mixed cord plasma and in capillary blood of the newborn. Peak concentrations of metoprolol and alfa-OH-metoprolol were reached 60 to 120 min after dosing in maternal plasma while the amniotic fluid levels of these compounds continued to increase from 60 to 180 min to the end of the study and were substantially higher than in the plasma after 4 to 5 h. It is postulated that a major fraction of metoprolol and alfa-OH-metoprolol reaches the amniotic fluid via the fetal urine and that the elimination from the amniotic fluid mainly proceeds via diffusion across fetal membranes and transfer across the fetal capillary bed. No measurable concentrations of metoprolol were found in two of the newborns 2 h after delivery. In the remaining four neonates the 2-h concentrations exceeded the corresponding cord plasma levels. In all neonates the alfa-OH-metoprolol levels in the capillary blood were higher 2 h after birth than in cord blood. In two newborns the metabolite levels continued to increase for 5 h and in one the highest blood concentrations of this metabolite was found 20 h after birth. Redistribution of metoprolol from tissue stores followed by metabolism might be the cause of these temporary elevations of the blood levels of metoprolol and alfa-OH-metoprolol.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 33 (1987), S. 431-434 
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    Keywords: phenylethylmalonamide ; pharmacokinetics ; elderly
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    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics of phenylethylmalonamide (PEMA) were studied in 6 elderly men after oral administration of a single 400 mg dose. Peak PEMA serum levels were obtained within 4 h of intake, half-life values ranged from 30.7–57.9 h in these elderly men. The elimination half-life was twice as long when compared to a study previously performed in young volunteers.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 33 (1987), S. 493-498 
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    Keywords: amiloride ; pharmacokinetics ; renal failure ; liver disease ; urinary excretion
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    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics of the antikaliuretic amiloride has been studied in healthy controls and in patients with chronic renal failure or hepatitis. It was 40% bound to protein. In healthy volunteers 49% of an oral dose was recovered unchanged in the urine. The renal clearance of amiloride was about 3 times the creatinine clearance, which means that it was predominantly excreted via tubular secretion. Renal impairment reduced the clearance of amiloride, causing a prolongation of the t1/2 and drug accumulation in plasma. In hepatitis the t1/2 of amiloride was prolonged and the AUC increased. Urinary recovery (Ae) of amiloride was greater in hepatitis patients than in controls.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 33 (1987), S. 499-504 
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    Keywords: morphine ; epidural administration ; pharmacokinetics ; CSF/plasma concentrations
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    Notes: Summary In order to determine the rate and degree of redistribution of morphine within the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and whether it was affected by the site of and volume of the injection, morphine was given to 23 elderly patients undergoing thoracotomy — in 10 ml saline in the lumbar epidural interspace (n=5), in 10 ml saline in the thoracic epidural interspace (n=5), in 2 ml saline in the thoracic interspace (n=8) and in 10 ml saline in the lumbar epidural interspace (n=5). The plasma concentration of morphine in all patients was comparable and was much lower than in the CSF. The CSF morphine concentration, measured as the area under the CSF concentration curve (AUC), the maximal CSF concentration (Cmax) and the time to reach maximal CSF concentration (tmax), varied between the four groups. The variation was related to the site of the injection; the AUC and Cmax were lower and tmax appeared later after thoracic than lumbar injection. Lumbar CSF morphine concentrations were further reduced by thoracic epidural injection of morphine in a small as compared to a large volume. The permeability of the dura to morphine was not influenced by the volume used. The results show that morphine is not homogenously distributed within the CSF. The availability of morphine to CSF from the epidural space is not altered by the injection volume, but the drug remains more localized in CSF after epidural injection of morphine in a small volume. The findings imply that epidural injection of morphine in a small volume at a site of nociceptive input should evoke spinal analgesia with least risk of supraspinally mediated side effects.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 273-277 
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    Keywords: pentobarbital ; hexobarbital ; dipyrone ; intensive care ; D-glucaric acid ; pharmacokinetics ; drug interactions
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    Notes: Summary The effect of pentobarbital treatment in a mean dose of 30 mg/kg/day on the clearance of hexobarbital (Evipan) and dipyrone (Novalgin) has been evaluated in critical care patients receiving a large number of drugs as comedication. Eleven patients treated with pentobarbital showed a hexobarbital half-life of 2.79 h and a total plasma clearance of 9.80 ml·min−1·kg−1 as compared to 10 patients without pentobarbital administration in whom there was a significantly longer half life (6.92 h) and lower clearance (2.97 ml·min−1·kg−1). The kinetics of hexobarbital were correlated with the urinary excretion of D-glucaric acid, a non-invasive parameter of drug metabolising activity. In 10 patients on pentobarbital, the total plasma clearance of N-4-methylaminoantipyrine, the active form of dipyrone, did not differ from that in 8 patients not receiving pentobarbital. As drug kinetics show great variability in these patients, it is difficult to discriminate enzyme induction from other mechanisms, for example competitive inhibition or changes in volume of distribution. In the presence of pentobarbital, however, induction of drug metabolising enzymes should be considered as a possible reason for the higher clearance of hexobarbital.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 367-372 
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    Keywords: endralazine ; severe hypertension ; food intake ; pharmacokinetics
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    Notes: Summary A sensitive HPLC assay has been used to determine the effect of food on plasma endralazine levels in 8 patients with essential hypertension. Subjects were investigated whilst on maintenance therapy with endralazine combined with a fixed antihypertensive baseline treatment for at least 4 weeks, samples being collected after the usual oral morning dose of endralazine (5 mg and 10 mg), on two occasions at least 7 days apart. Endralazine was administered with the concomitant therapy in randomised order once 90 min before and once immediately after a standard breakfast. Acetylator status did not affect its pharmacokinetics in the postprandial study after a 5 mg dose, the peak endralazine concentration averaged 57.5% lower and the AUC had fallen significantly by 49.9%, whereas after 10 mg the postprandial peak level and the AUC were 82.9% and 64.7%, lower. In the 5 mg study the mean arterial blood pressure was decreased by 30 mm Hg in the fasting subjects and by 21 mm Hg in the post-prandial group. For the 10 mg dose the corresponding values were 35 and 24 mm Hg. The blood pressure lowering effect was only weakly correlated with the food — related reduction in the plasma endralazine levels. The results suggest that endralazine has a similar kinetic interaction with food as that found for hydralazine.
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    Keywords: triazolam ; troleandomycin ; benzodiazepines ; antibiotics ; drug interaction ; pharmacokinetics ; first-pass effect
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    Notes: Summary Seven healthy volunteers received a single oral dose of triazolam 0.25 mg after 7 days on troleandomycin 2 g/day p.o. or placebo in a double-blind cross-over study. Plasma triazolam and psychometric and memory tests (including Critical Flicker Fusion threshold, Choice Reaction Time, Digit Symbol Substitution and Self-Rating Scales) were assessed at regular intervals after the final treatment. Troleandomycin was found to prolong the psychomotor impairment and amnesia produced by triazolam. There was a significant enhancement of the AUC, the peak concentration and the delay to tmax of triazolam after 7 days treatment with troleandomycin compared to placebo. Thus, there is a pharmacokinetic interaction, and the combination of triazolam and troleandomycin should be avoided or the dose of triazolam should be adjusted. The most likely mechanism is a diminished hepatic first-pass effect, and a decrease in the apparent oral clearance of triazolam.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 577-582 
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    Keywords: yohimbine ; pharmacokinetics ; plasma levels ; renal elimination
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    Notes: Summary The kinetic disposition of yohimbine was examined in eight young male subjects following a single oral dose of 10 mg yohimbine hydrochloride. The drug was rapidly absorbed (absorption half-time 0.17±0.11 h) and rapidly eliminated from the plasma (elimination half-life 0.60±0.26 h). This clearance of yohimbine from plasma was constant over approximately 10 elimination half-lives, suggesting that distribution into a second pharmacokinetically distinct compartment was not responsible for the rapid decline in plasma yohimbine levels. Urinary excretion and the partitioning of the drug into red blood cells (RBC) was investigated. In the 24 h following oral administration of the drug, virtually no yohimbine was eliminated in the urine (0.35±0.50% of the administered dose). Furthermore, only 20% of blood-borne yohimbine was located in RBC. These results suggest that yohimbine is eliminated primarily through metabolism since the rapid plasma clearance of yohimbine was not the result of renal elimination or sequestration by RBC.
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    Keywords: moracizine·HCl ; antiarrhythmic ; ethmozine ; radiolabelled ; pharmacokinetics ; material balance ; healthy subjects
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    Notes: Summary Moracizine (ethmozine) is a phenothiazine derivative with demonstrated antiarrhythmic activity. To characterize the pharmacokinetics and material balance relationships in humans, we have given14C-moracizine·HCl as a single oral dose of 500 mg (50 μCi) to six healthy men. Plasma, urine, and faecal samples were collected for 7 days after administration and the concentrations of total radioactivity and intact moracizine were determined by liquid scintillation counting and HPLC, respectively. Urine and faecal recovery accounted for 95% of the administered radioactivity. Most of this radioactivity was found in the faeces (59%). Only 0.05% of the dose was recovered from urine as intact moracizine. The Cmax and AUC for moracizine equivalents of total radioactivity were 4- and 18-fold higher, respectively, than the corresponding values for intact moracizine. Additionally, both the disappearance of total radioactivity from plasma and its excretion rate into urine were slower in comparison to intact drug. Terminal t1/2 values calculated from plasma concentration-time data were 85.2 and 3.5 h for total radioactivity and intact moracizine, respectively. However, based on urinary excretion rates, the t1/2 for total radioactivity was shorter (29.3 h) while the t1/2 for intact drug was comparable (2.7 h) to the results obtained from the plasma data. The oral plasma clearance of moracizine was relatively large (2.2l·min−1), suggesting first-pass metabolism. The estimated oral systemic availability of moracizine was 34%.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 31 (1987), S. 711-714 
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    Keywords: flecainide ; pharmacokinetics ; moderate renal failure ; variability of elimination half-time
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    Notes: Summary We have studied the pharmacokinetics of flecainide after the oral administration of 100 mg to 8 patients without renal impairment and 8 patients with mild to moderate renal failure. Both groups gave comparable results with respect to the peak plasma concentrations and the time to peak. There was a significant correlation between renal flecainide clearance and endogenous creatinine clearance. The elimination half-time in the patients with impaired renal function was significantly longer (19.9, SD 9.9 h) than that in the patients with normal renal function (11.5, SD 4.2 h), but the variability in the elimination half-time in renal failure could not be explained on the basis of the available results.
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    Keywords: captopril ; uraemia ; captopril disulfide ; dialysis ; pharmacokinetics
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    Notes: Summary We have measured the plasma concentrations of captopril and total disulfide conjugates of captopril after a 50 mg oral dose in 6 uraemic patients on maintenance dialysis and in 8 hypertensive subjects with normal renal function. The mean peak plasma concentration of captopril was 2.5 times higher (0.447 µg·ml−1 vs 0.181 µg·ml−1) and the concentrations of the disulfides 4 times higher (3.62 µg·ml−1 vs 0.924 µg·ml−1) in the uraemic patients. Moreover captopril disulfide conjugates in the uraemic subjects reached peak concentrations at 8 h after the dose and subsequently felt. The apparent plasma half-time was 46±19 h. Only 15% of these conjugates were removed by dialysis. This marked accumulation of captopril conjugates was associated with a sustained fall in both systolic and diastolic blood pressures. In uraemic patients the mean maximum reduction in systolic and diastolic blood pressures were 37±7 mmHg and 24±9 mmHg respectively, occurring 6 h after the dose, compared with 8±7 and 8±1 mmHg respectively at 30 min in normal renal function patients. These results are consistent with the results of animal experiments, which show that captopril disulfides can be converted back to free captopril and can contribute to the antihypertensive effect of the drug. They provide a reationale for reducing the dose and frequency of administration of captopril in patients with significant renal impairment.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 309-311 
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    Keywords: digoxin ; verapamil ; cirrhosis ; drug interaction ; pharmacokinetics
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    Notes: Summary The influence of a single low dose of verapamil (80 mg) on the serum levels of digoxin (single dose of 0.5 mg) was studied in 6 patients with hepatic cirrhosis and in 6 healthy volunteer controls. In the cirrhotic patients verapamil increased the peak serum level and the total AUC of digoxin by 98% and 32%, respectively. There was an associated 23% decrease in the renal digoxin clearance. In normal subjects only marginal alterations in digoxin kinetics were observed following verapamil administration. The results indicate that cirrhosis magnifies the influence of verapamil on digoxin kinetics.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 303-307 
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    Keywords: azapropazone ; arthritis ; pharmacokinetics ; synovial fluid level ; synovial tissue level
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    Notes: Summary The concentration-time curves of azapropazone in synovial fluid and tissues have been studied in arthritic patients after an i.v. bolus (600 mg) and under steady-state conditions. Synovial fluid and tissue samples were taken intraoperatively 0.45–60 h after administration. The azapropazone concentrations in synovial fluid, synovial tissue and plasma were correlated. The levels in synovial fluid were usually lower than corresponding plasma levels. Under steady-state conditions azapropazone did not accumulate in synovial tissues.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 317-320 
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    Keywords: ranitidine ; amitriptyline ; drug interaction ; pharmacokinetics
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    Notes: Summary The possibility of an interaction of ranitidine with amitriptyline was assessed by means of amitriptyline and nortriptyline plasma concentration measurements, blood pressure and pulse rate, digit symbol substitution, and visual analogue scales. Ranitidine had no effect on amitriptyline or nortriptyline concentrations. Responses recorded by the digit symbol substitution and visual analogue scale tests correlated with changes in concentrations of amitriptyline and nortriptyline in plasma. No effects on blood pressure or pulse rate were observed. We concluded that there was no effect of ranitidine on amitriptyline kinetics or response in the conditions of our study.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 351-355 
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    Keywords: nifedipine ; cimetidine ; pharmacokinetics ; drug interaction
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    Notes: Summary The plasma pharmacokinetics of nifedipine and the formation of its metabolites have been studied in volunteers under conditions which would affect the activity of the cytochrome P-450 system. The pharmacokinetics of a 10-mg capsule of nifedipine were not significantly different between smokers and non-smokers of similar age. After pretreatment with cimetidine, which inhibits the activity of cytochrome P-450, the peak plasma concentration and area under the plasma-time concentration curve for nifedipine were increased by a mean 84%. In contrast, pre-treatment with ranitidine which has little effect on cytochrome P-450, did not significantly alter nifedipine pharmacokinetics. Smoking does not contribute significantly to the variability in nifedipine pharmacokinetics. However, the interaction between nifedipine and cimetidine, but not ranitidine, may be of clinical importance.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 377-382 
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    Keywords: morphine ; renal failure ; pharmacokinetics ; morphine-3-glucuronide
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    Notes: Summary The kinetics of morphine and its glucuronidated metabolites were investigated in seven patients with advanced renal failure. The terminal elimination half life of morphine varied between 1.5 and 4.0 h (mean 2.4 h), the volume of distribution between 2.5 and 6.3 l·kg−1 (mean 4.4 l·kg−1) and the total plasma clearance between 13.3 and 31.3 l·min−1·kg−1 (mean 21.1 l·kg−1). There were no statistically significant differences between the pharmacokinetic data in the uraemic patients and in a control group of cancer patients with normal kidney function. The concentrations of the glucuronidated metabolites rapidly rose to levels above those of morphine. The elimination half-life of M3G varied between 14.5 and 118.8 h (mean 49.6 h) in the renal failure patients, which is distinctly different from the 2.4 to 6.7 h (mean 4.0 h) found in patients with normal kidney function. There was a significant correlation between the half-life of M3G and renal function estimated as serum urea. Thus, the metabolism of morphine in patients with kidney disease is not significantly impaired. The clinical importance of the high concentrations of glucuronides in uraemic patients is not known.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 395-401 
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    Keywords: probenecid ; Michaelis-Menten kinetics ; protein binding ; pharmacokinetics ; healthy volunteers
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    Notes: Summary Six healthy volunteers were given probenecid 0.5, 1 and 2 g p.o. and 0.5 g i.v. The protein binding of probenecid at different concentrations in human plasma was estimated by equilibrium dialysis. The free fraction was found to increase nonlinearly with increasing total probenecid concentration, up to a maximum free fraction of 26%. The plasma concentration-time data after the oral doses were described by a one-compartment open model with first-order absorption and Michaelis-Menten elimination. The mean absorption rate constant 0.0072 min−1 was dose-independent, and the maximal rate of elimination (mean 1429 µg/min) did not differ between doses whether calculated from the total or free concentrations. The Michaelis-Menten constant decreased significantly from 67.1 to 55.5 µg/ml as the dose increased from 1 g to 2 g, while the unbound Michaelis-Menten constant remained unchanged. The elimination of probenecid after the 0.5 g dose was in the linear region of the Michaelis-Menten elimination when calculated from the total and the free concentrations. The volume of distribution increased only slightly from 9.5 to 11.4 l as the dose increased from 0.5 to 2 g, but the unbound volume of distribution decreased significantly from 164 to 99 l. Absorption was complete and was independent of the dose administered.
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    Keywords: adrenergic beta-receptors ; propranolol ; beta-blockade ; pharmacokinetics ; leukocyte beta-receptors ; leukocytes ; exercise tachycardia ; 4—OH-propranolol
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    Notes: Summary The chronotropic response to a single oral dose of propranolol in 23 healthy subjects has been related to the plasma propranolol concentration and the density of β-adrenoceptors on peripheral polymorphonuclear leucocytes. The percentage reduction in exercise-induced tachycardia was significantly correlated with the log plasma propranolol concentration within subjects but not between subjects. Taking the concentration of the active metabolite 4-hydroxypropranolol into account did not improve the interindividual correlation. The reduction in exercise-induced tachycardia was significantly correlated with the maximum binding density of (125I)-hydroxybenzylpindolol on polymorphonuclear leucocyte membrane fragments measured before medication. A response index (% reduction in exercise-induced tachycardia/plasma propranolol concentration) was correlated with the maximum binding density of (125I)-hydroxybenzylpindolol (predrug) at 2 h (rs=0.72), 4 h (rs=0.84) and 6 h (rs=0.73) after dosing. The data suggest that interindividual variation in the response to propranolol after a single oral dose is determined by interindividual differences both in plasma propranolol and adrenoceptor density.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 31 (1987), S. 695-699 
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    Keywords: doxorubicin ; sarcoma ; pharmacokinetics ; polychemotherapy
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    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics of doxorubicin has been studied in 26 sarcoma patients receiving polychemotherapy. Mean elimination half-life was 34.7±16.6 h and the total plasma clearance was 29.5±9.31·h−1·m−2. No relationship was found between the pharmacokinetic parameters and the response to treatment, or its toxicity. Special attention was paid to the early-phase kinetics of the drug (3–20 min after injection). A correlation between the early clearance and the ages of the patients was observed. The early clearance was clearly correlated with the total plasma clearance measured over 48 h after injection, indicating the importance of the distribution phase in the overall kinetics of the drug.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 31 (1987), S. 701-704 
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    Keywords: theophylline ; miocamycin ; drug interaction ; metabolism ; pharmacokinetics
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    Notes: Summary The interaction between a new macrolide antibiotic, miocamycin, and theophylline was evaluated in a single cross-over study in 5 asthmatic children. Each patient received a single dose of theophylline (4.3 mg/kg) delivered in 15 min using a constant-rate infusion pump, immediately before and after a 10 day course of miocamycin 17.5 mg/kg b.d. The pharmacokinetics of theophylline were calculated for each phase of the study. The elimination rate constant (3.92 vs 3.74 h−1), the mean total body clearance (1.71 vs 1.8 ml·min·kg−1) and the mean apparent volume of distribution (0.57 vs 0.58 l·kg−1) did not differ. The result can be explained by the inability of the antibiotic to form inactive cytochrome P-450 metabolite complexes which can interfere with the metabolism of theophylline. Thus, miocamycin can safely be administered to asthmatic children requiring theophylline treatment, when they have an infection due to susceptible pathogens.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 31 (1987), S. 733-736 
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    Keywords: meptazinol ; pharmacokinetics ; elderly patients ; healthy volunteers ; bioavailability
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    Notes: Summary We have determined the pharmacokinetics of meptazinol after its intravenous and intramuscular administration in a crossover study in 7 elderly hospital in-patients (〉70 years), and have compared with the results from 14 healthy, young volunteers (ages 20–40 years). The systemic availability after i.m. administration was comparable to that after i.v. administration, a result consistent with the physicochemical properties of the drug. There was a slight, but statistically significant (p〈0.01) prolongation in t1/2z in the elderly (mean 2.93 h) compared with the young (mean 2.06 h). This was associated with a 25% lower clearance in the elderly rather than with any alteration in volume of distribution. However, these changes would not appear to be substantial enough to require a revised dosage recommendation for meptazinol for this age group.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 31 (1987), S. 743-743 
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    Keywords: chloroquine ; dose dependence ; pharmacokinetics
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 17-22 
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    Keywords: felodipine ; calcium antagonist ; normal man ; renal function ; albumin excretion ; beta2-microglobulin excretion ; adverse effects ; pharmacokinetics
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    Notes: Summary The acute renal effects of a single oral dose of felodipine 0.15 mg/kg were studied in 8 healthy males. Thirty minutes after administration the mean plasma concentration was 25.7 nmol/l. There was a significant reduction in diastolic blood pressure (24%) and a concomitant rise in heart rate (38%), leaving the systolic pressure unchanged. Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and renal plasma flow (RPF) were measured by the constant infusion technique using the clearance of125I-iothalamate and131I-hippuran respectively. GFR was unchanged and the filtration fraction (FF) was reduced, whilst there was a decrease in renal vascular resistance (RVR). The glomerular filter characteristics were unchanged, as estimated by the unchanged excretion rate of albumin. There was a significant rise in the clearance of sodium (176%) but only a small and insignificant increase in urine volume. Clearance of potassium was decreased. An increase in the clearance of uric acid and a rise in the beta-2-microglobulin excretion rate were found, both suggesting a proximal tubular effect of felodipine. The excretion rate of calcium was increased.
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    Keywords: atenolol ; amiloride ; hydrochlorothiazide ; young ; elderly ; pharmacokinetics ; pharmacodynamics ; volunteers ; patients ; hypertension
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    Notes: Summary Six normal young and six normal elderly volunteers and six elderly hypertensive patients took part in an acute and chronic dose study of a combination capsule containing atenolol (50 mg), hydrochlorothiazide (25 mg) and amiloride (2.5 mg) designed for the treatment of hypertension. No difference in any of the drug pharmacokinetic parameters could be detected between the hypertensives and the normal elderly subjects. The bio-availability and the 24-h blood concentrations of all three drugs, half-life of atenolol and amiloride and the peak concentration of hydrochlorothiazide was significantly greater in the elderly. The 24-h blood concentrations of atenolol and hydrochlorothiazide did not alter with chronic dosing, but amiloride concentrations were significantly higher at this time in all groups. A significant fall in the blood pressure was observed in the hypertensive group. Heart rate fell more in the normal and hypertensive elderly subjects than in the young. The combination has shown to be an effective and well tolerated antihypertensive in the elderly patient with a 24-h duration of action.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 165-172 
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    Keywords: warfarin ; cimetidine ; ranitidine ; stereochemistry ; drug-drug interaction ; pharmacokinetics
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    Notes: Summary Stereochemical aspects of the potential interaction between the oral anticoagulant warfarin and the H2-antagonists, cimetidine and ranitidine, were investigated. A single 25 mg oral dose of racemic warfarin was administered on Day 4 of a randomised 9-day multiple dosing regimen of either cimetidine (800 mg o.d.) ranitidine (300 mg o.d.) or placebo. The degree of anticoagulation produced by warfarin was quantificated by the determination of both the prothrombin and Factor VII clotting times. Ranitidine had no effect on the pharmacodynamics of warfarin or the pharmacokinetics of the individual warfarin enantiomers. Cimetidine whilst producing no statistically significant change in the pharmacodynamics of warfarin or in the pharmacokinetics of the pharmacologically more potent (S) enantiomer, did produce a statistically significant decrease in the clearance of the (R) enantiomer, possibly due to metabolic inhibition of this species.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 357-360 
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    Keywords: nitrendipine ; food intake ; pharmacokinetics ; variability
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    Notes: Summary Plasma concentrations of nitrendipine were measured, after single (20 mg) oral doses, in young healthy volunteers. On three occasions the subjects ingested the dose having fasted overnight. Data from these three occasions were used to assess variability in nitrendipine pharmacokinetics and both inter- and intra-subject variability were high. On a fourth occasion, the subjects took the tablet after a standard meal. The effects of food on nitrendipine pharmacokinetics, based on the comparison of data from the first fasting visit and the food visit, were negligible.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 583-586 
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    Keywords: tiapride ; Huntington's disease ; pharmacokinetics
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    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetic properties of a single oral dose of 100 mg of tiapride were studied in six patients with Huntington's disease. The results for five patients were consistent with a two compartment open model. Peak plasma concentrations were observed within 2 h following durg administration with a mean value of 0.92 μg/ml being recorded. The drug was rapidly eliminated as unmetabolised tiapride in the urine, 51% of the dose was recovered in 24 h. The plasma elimination half-life was 5.3 h and the average apparent plasma clearance was 16.6 l/h.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 593-596 
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    Keywords: dexamethasone ; dexamethasone phosphate, antiemetic ; pharmacokinetics ; cancer chemotherapy
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    Notes: Summary We have given single high doses of dexamethasone phosphate by intravenous infusion as an antiemetic to 15 cancer patients receiving regimens containing cisplatin and/or doxorubicin. The patients received graded doses of dexamethasone phosphate, in the range 40–200 mg, dependent upon nausea and vomiting scores, during up to three consecutive cycles of cancer chemotherapy. Plasma and urine concentrations of dexamethasone (dexamethasone alcohol) were measured by HPLC. The plasma concentration-time data were described by an open two-compartment model. The pharmacokinetic variables were independent of the dose of dexamethasone over the range studied. The terminal half-time was 4.0±0.4 h and the total body clearance was 3.5±0.4 ml·min−1·kg−1. The volume of the central compartment and the total apparent volume of distribution were 0.23±0.03 and 1.0±0.1 l·kg−1 respectively. Approximately 8% of the dose was excreted into the urine as dexamethasone.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 31 (1987), S. 617-619 
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    Keywords: chronopharmacology ; indomethacin ; suppository ; pharmacokinetics
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    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics of a single 100 mg indomethacin suppository were studied in 12 healthy volunteers on two occasions at least 7 days apart. Suppositories were administered in randomised order at 9.00 and 21.00 hours to see if there was evidence of a diurnal variation in kinetic parameters. The study failed to show a significant change in single dose kinetics with the time of suppository administration. This is in contrast to previous work [1] demonstrating a circadian rhythm in the kinetics of a single oral dose of indomethacin. This suggests that the chronopharmacokinetics of indomethacin is dependent on the function of the upper gastrointestinal tract.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 31 (1987), S. 625-627 
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    Keywords: verapamil ; breast milk ; norverapamil ; breast feeding ; pharmacokinetics
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    Notes: Summary The concentrations of verapamil and norverapamil have been measured in milk and plasma samples from a 32year-old woman treated with verapamil 80 mg tds while breast-feeding her child. The average steady-state concentrations of verapamil and norverapamil in milk were, respectively, 60% and 16% of the concentrations in plasma. The breast-fed child received less than 0.01% of the dose of verapamil given to the mother. No verapamil or norverapamil (〈1 ng/ml) could be detected in the plasma from the child.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 31 (1987), S. 575-578 
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    Keywords: felodipine ; metoprolol ; pharmacokinetics ; drug interaction
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    Notes: Summary This double-blind, cross-over study in healthy male subjects evaluated the pharmacokinetics of felodipine and metoprolol given both separately and in combination. During three, five-day study periods, felodipine 10 mg b.d., metoprolol 100 mg b.d. and a combination of the two, were given in random order. There was at least a 7-day washout period between each pharmacokinetic study day. Plasma levels of unchanged felodipine and metoprolol were measured for 24 h after the last dose, on the 5th day of each treatment period. Eight subjects, aged 19–22 years, completed the study. Both felodipine and metoprolol, given alone and in combination, were well tolerated. None of the felodipine pharmacokinetic variables (tmax, Cmax, Cmin, AUC (0–12) and t1/2) changed significantly when felodipine and metoprolol were given in combination. Cmax and AUC (0–12) for metoprolol increased significantly when metoprolol and felodipine were combined, although tmax, Cmin and t1/2 for metoprolol remained unchanged. The changes in metoprolol pharmacokinetics induced by felodipine are small and unlikely to be clinically important.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 31 (1987), S. 583-588 
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    Keywords: cotinine ; pharmacokinetics ; non-smokers ; absolute bioavailability
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    Notes: Summary Cotinine, the main metabolite of nicotine, was administered intravenously to healthy male non-smoking volunteers in doses of 5, 10 and 20 mg, and orally in doses of 10 and 20 mg. Intravenous administration was characterized by a dose-independent half-life of 12.2 h, mean residence time of 15.9 h, total clearance of 3.64 l h−1 and a volume of distribution of 56.5 l. Renal clearance was 0.46 l h−1 and approximately 12.0% of the dose was excreted unchanged in the urine. The mean absorption time after oral dosing ranged between 1 and 3 h, the peak concentration was reached within 45 min and the mean elimination half-lives were 12.9 and 11.7 h, respectively, after the 10 and 20 mg doses. Systemic bioavailability ranged between 0.84 and 1.11 following 10 mg and between 0.97 and 1.03 following the 20 mg dose. Mean urinary recovery and renal clearance were almost identical with the values after iv administration.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 31 (1987), S. 595-600 
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    Keywords: caffeine ; exercise ; obesity ; pharmacokinetics
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    Notes: Summary The effects of obesity, exercise, and the interaction of obesity and exercise were examined in 6 caffeine naive, untrained, nonsmoking, college males (3 lean (LV), 3 obese (OV)). Each subject received caffeine (oral, 5.83 mg·kg−1 lean body weight) or placebo (50 mg citrate) prior to 3 h of seated rest and prior to 90 min of treadmill walking (40% of their maximal aerobic power) followed by 90 min of seated recovery. Serum samples were collected at various times and analyzed for caffeine by HPLC. Pharmacokinetic analysis indicated that at rest, OV had a significantly higher absorption rate constant (Ka 0.0757 vs. 0.0397 min−1), lower elimination rate constant (Ke 0.0027 vs. 0.0045 min−1), and longer serum half-life (t1/2 4.37 vs. 2.59 h) in comparison to LV. In exercise, as well as at rest LV and OV had a large difference in the volume of distribution (43.2 vs. 101. 1) (rest, 54.1 vs. 103.1). Exercise consistently resulted in a decrease in the maximal serum concentration of caffeine and the area under the curve in OV while having no consistent effect on LV. The interactive effects of obesity and exercise could not be dissociated. However, these results demonstrate that both obesity and exercise have modified the pharmacokinetics of caffeine.
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    Keywords: dextran ; hydroxyethylstarch ; haemodilution ; ischaemic stroke ; plasma viscosity ; pharmacokinetics
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    Notes: Summary In 21 patients with ischaemic strokes we have monitored plasma viscosity, total plasma concentration, numeric average molecular weight (Mn), and weight average molecular weight (Mw) of Dextran 40 (dextran) and hydroxyethylstarch 200/0.5 (HES) during 10 days of treatment (days 1–4, 2×500 ml; days 5–10, 1×500 ml). Plasma concentrations of dextran increased during the first 4 days (8.3 mg·ml−1 on the first day to 18.0 mg·ml−1 on the fifth day), reached an apparent steady state of 17.2 mg·ml−1 during the next 6 days, and declined subsequently with a half-time (t1/2) of 4.03 days. After ten days treatment Mn and Mw were shifted towards higher values. Plasma viscosity increased from 1.26 mPas to 1.69 mPas on Day 10 (p〈0.01) and was linearly correlated with the total plasma concentration of dextran (p〈0.001; r=0.88). Total plasma concentrations of HES averaged 11.7 mg·ml−1 on Day 1 and 12.4 mg·ml−1 on Day 5. The molecular weight distribution did not change during the infusions but decreased in comparison with the administered solution. Plasma viscosity fell from 1.40 mPas to 1.30 mPas at Day 10 (p〈0.05) and was not related to the concentration of HES. The haemodiluting effect, as indicated by a decrease of the haematocrit, was 22% and 16.8% for dextran and HES respectively. These data suggest several advantages of HES compared with dextran in haemodilution therapy of ischaemic stroke.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 31 (1987), S. 569-573 
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    Keywords: tolazoline ; neonates ; persistent fetal circulation ; pharmacodynamic effects ; pharmacokinetics ; pulmonary circulation
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    Notes: Summary The effects of two doses of tolazoline have been compared in 2 groups of newborns suffering from the persistent fetal circulation syndrome. The effects on PaO2 and AaDO2 were similar in the 2 groups who received either a bolus of 1 or 0.5 mg·kg−1 tolazoline, followed by a continuous infusion of 1 or 0.5 mg·kg−1·h−1. The observed changes did not differ significantly from those previously observed in babies treated with 2 mg·kg−1. A rise in PaO2 and a reduction in AaDO2 were usually observed shortly after the bolus injection and at plasma levels between 1.5 and 4 µg·ml·−1. A progressive rise in plasma level over time occurred after 1 mg·kg−1 (and in the previous study of 2 mg) but not with 0.5g/kg tolazoline. The elimination half-life of tolazoline in 6 patients was 5 to 13 h. The data suggest that continuous infusion of tolazoline is not necessarily required and that the dose of 0.5 mg/kg is more appropriate and safer than the higher doses usually proposed.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 67-70 
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    Keywords: enprofylline ; pharmacokinetics ; elderly ; renal excretion ; half-life
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    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics of enprofylline, a new potent antiasthmatic, has been studied in 20 healthy, elderly subjects, aged 65 to 81 years, and in 7 young adult controls, aged 23 to 37 years. The dose of 1 mg/kg body weight was given as an i.v. infusion. Plasma levels of enprofylline were followed for about 7 h and urine levels for 24 h. Both groups eliminated the major portion of the dose (about 83%) by renal excretion. As expected the mean creatinine clearance (92.5 ml·min−1· 1.73 m−2) was moderately decreased in the elderly subjects. The total clearance of enprofylline was 0.16 1·h−1·kg−1 and the renal clearance was 0.13 l·h−1·kg−1, which was significantly lower than that in the young controls (0.28 and 0.22 l·h−1·kg−1) respectively. Thus, the enprofylline clearance had fallen relatively more (about 40%) than the decrease in creatinine clearance (about 20%) with age. The half-life of enprofylline in old age was 2.5 h, which was significantly longer than in the younger adults (1.8 h). It is concluded that the pharmacokinetics of enprofylline was significantly influenced by advanced age, mainly due to reduced renal excretion. This reduction was more pronounced than anticipated from the age-dependent decline in creatinine clearance.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 103-106 
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    Keywords: fenoldopam ; peripheral dopamine agonist ; pharmacokinetics ; absorption ; food effects ; healthy volunteers
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    Notes: Summary Eight healthy volunteers participated in an open crossover study to assess the effect of a standardised meal on the systemic availability of a single oral dose of fenoldopam mesylate 100 mg. Subjects were studied on four separate occasions, twice fasting and twice fed in randomised, balanced order. Plasma and urine samples were obtained before and at regular intervals up to 25 h post dose. Measurement of fenoldopam (SK&F 82526) and its 8-sulphate metabolite (SK&F 87782) were by means of HPLC-EC analysis. Area under the plasma concentration time curve (AUC) and maximum detected plasma concentration (Cmax) for fenoldopam and SK&F 87782 were significantly reduced whereas time to maximum concentration was significantly increased with food. Using AUC's for fenoldopam and SK&F 87782, mean relative bioavailabilities were 35% and 81% respectively under fed compared with fasting conditions. Twenty-four hour excretion of fenoldopam was significantly reduced with food, but excretion of SK&F 87782 was apparently unchanged. Mean relative bioavailabilities calculated from these data were 83% and 86% respectively. Relatively large inter-subject variability in AUC and Cmax were seen, but intra-subject variability was not marked. Mild symptoms associated with vasodilation were reported on all study days.
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  • 291
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    Keywords: mefloquine ; mefloquine/sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine ; Thai subjects ; pharmacokinetics ; drug interactions
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    Notes: Summary The kinetics of mefloquine were studied in 12 healthy Thai male and 12 healthy Thai female volunteers. Mefloquine (MQ) was administered either alone (750 mg orally) or in combination (MSP) with sulphadoxine (1.5 g) and pyrimethamine (75 mg) to each of 6 male and 6 female subjects. Plasma concentrations of MQ were measured by HPLC at intervals for 42 days. There was considerable interindividual variability in the pharmacokinetic parameters; for example in the male subjects receiving MQ alone peak concentrations ranged between 638 and 2494 ng·ml−1 with a mean concentration of 1442 ng·ml−1. Compared to previously published data on MQ concentrations in Caucasian male subjects, the present study indicates that higher concentrations are achieved in Thai subjects. The only significant difference in kinetic parameters between male and female subjects receiving MQ alone was in the mean residence time (MRT) which was greater in females. However, an analysis of pharmacokinetic parameters following administration of the combination preparation showed that the time to peak (tmax) was significantly reduced in females receiving MSP compared to the corresponding females given MQ alone and males given MSP. When data obtained from all subjects (male and female) receiving either MQ alone or MSP were combined, both MRT and half-life were significantly greater in subjects given MSP. There is therefore some evidence that therapeutic concentrations of MQ are maintained for a longer period of time following MSP administration.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 179-185 
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    Keywords: melphalan ; protein binding ; plasma ; humans ; rats ; pharmacokinetics
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    Notes: Summary The binding of melphalan to plasma proteins from four healthy humans and from rats was measured by centrifugal ultrafiltration. Melphalan concentrations were determined by HPLC and by measuring 14C-melphalan activity. In whole blood, melphalan was distributed preferentially in plasma. However, a constant fraction, 37%, which was independent of the total melphalan concentration in whole blood, was present within the red blood cells. The binding of melphalan to plasma proteins from humans was less than that from rats. In both, however, the fraction bound was constant throughout the concentration range (0.1 to 9.0 µM) that is achieved during standard-dose melphalan therapy. Albumin was the primary binding protein. At concentrations equal to or in excess of 33 µM, which have been achieved during high-dose melphalan therapy, free plasma melphalan concentrations were no longer linearly related to total drug concentrations, and the plasma protein binding of melphalan in the human became concentration dependent. This occurred at concentrations of 70 µM in the rat. Scatchard analysis of the data indicated the presence of 2 groups of binding sites. Class I sites had 0.03 and 0.4 binding sites per albumin molecule in humans and rats, with respective association constants of 4.43 × 104M−1 and 1.92 × 104M−1. Class II sites had 5.18 and 2.60 binding sites per molecule, with repective association constants of 3.82 × 102M−1 and 2.01 × 102M−1.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 203-205 
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    Keywords: paracetamol ; primaquine ; drug interaction ; metabolite formation ; pharmacokinetics
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The kinetics of paracetamol and the formation of metabolites were evaluated in 6 healthy volunteers before and during concomitant administration of a single dose (45 mg) of primaquine. There was no effect of the antimalarial drug on either conjugation (to paracetamol glucuronide and paracetamol sulphate) or oxidation (as judged by the presence of paracetamol cysteine and paracetamol mercapturate) pathways. Although primaquine inhibits certain oxidative metabolism (e.g. of antipyrine) it has no effect, in therapeutic doses, on paracetamol metabolism.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 211-215 
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    Keywords: diazepam ; pharmacokinetics ; Chinese ; white Caucasians ; body fat ; skin-fold thickness
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    Notes: Summary We have compared diazepam pharmacokinetics in 16 Chinese and 18 white Caucasian healthy male volunteers, resident in Hong Kong and have correlated them with physical attributes. Serum concentrations of diazepam and desmethyldiazepam were measured in venous blood by an enzyme-linked immunoassay (0–3 h samples) and HPLC (3–72 h samples). Pharmacokinetic parameters were derived assuming a two compartment model, distribution phase 〈6 h, and 100% oral systemic availability. Compared with the Chinese the white Caucasians were older, heavier, taller, and fatter, as judged by skin fold thickness (SFT) and total body weight to ‘Ideal’ body weight (TBW/IBW) ratio; respective mean differences being 16%, 27%, 4%, 26%, and 15% (p〈0.05). Mean diazepam apparent volume of distribution (V) and V/IBW were larger in the white Caucasians (52% & 39% respectively, p=0.002). SFT and TBW/IBW ratio yielded the best correlations with V, V/TBW and V/IBW (0.50–0.75, p〈0.05). Obesity indices contributed most to the overall regressions (R2 up to 0.52), and for V there was a further small effect (2%, partial F test) due to ethnic group, possibly reflecting stature. Mean peak diazepam concentration (Cmax) was similar in both ethnic groups. Time to Cmax (tmax) was more often prolonged in the Chinese (X 2 test, p=0.01). Body fat and stature may thus account for these inter-ethnic differences in the apparent volume of distribution of diazepam, a highly lipid-soluble drug.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 259-265 
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    Keywords: ketanserin ; ketanserin-ol ; pharmacokinetics ; hypertension
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    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics of ketanserin and its main metabolite ketanserin-ol, and the antihypertensive effects of intravenous, single oral and chronic oral (40 mg once daily) administration of ketanserin, have been investigated in a single blind study of 10 patients with uncomplicated mild hypertension. Ketanserin had a terminal half-life of 29.2 h, a plasma clearance of 518 ml/min and a volume of distribution of 18.0 l/kg. Chronic oral intake of 40 mg ketanserin (tablet formulation) gave a peak concentration of unchanged ketanserin of 88 ng/ml after 1.1 h. Its absolute bioavailability was 48%. During chronic therapy the maximal concentration of ketanserin-ol was 208 ng/ml and its half-life of elimination was 35.0 h. As this metabolite can be oxidized back to ketanserin, it contributes to the prolonged half-life of unchanged ketanserin seen during chronic therapy. The blood pressure was reduced by approximately 15% by oral ketanserin. The maximal reduction in blood pressure coincided with the peak concentration of unchanged ketanserin. During chronic therapy with 40 mg once daily blood pressure was reduced over 24 h. The heart rate was slightly reduced and the cardiovascular responses and the plasma noradrenaline concentrations during isometric exercise were only slightly influenced by ketanserin therapy. Thus, unchanged ketanserin has a relatively long half-life during chronic oral therapy and its pharmacokinetics in middle-aged hypertensive patients is similar to that in normal young volunteers.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 533-535 
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    Keywords: enprofylline ; children ; intravenous dose ; pharmacokinetics ; asthma
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics of intravenous enprofylline has been studied in 8 children with asthma. The mean plasma half-life of enprofylline (1.0 h) was considerably shorter than that previously reported in adults. The half-life determined from log urine excretion rate data was identical to the plasma half-life, so urine excretion could be used as a noninvasive method to study the elimination rate. As in adults, urinary recovery of unchanged drug averaged 89%, and the volume of distribution, Vz, averaged 0.58 l/kg. Clearance was higher in children than in adults when calculated per kg body weight, but not when calculated per m2 body surface area. The dosage of enprofylline in children would be more accurate if calculated in proportion to surface area rather than to body weight. Data agree with published information on creatinine clearance, which, adjusted for body surface area, stays constant from the age of 3 years until early adult life.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 33 (1987), S. 89-91 
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    Keywords: antipyrine ; prednisolone ; pharmacokinetics ; obstructive lung disease ; hepatic drug metabolism
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    Notes: Summary The influence of prednisolone on the elimination of antipyrine has been investigated. The one-sample antipyrine clearance was estimated in 23 outpatients with obstructive lung disease before and after treatment with prednisolone 30 or 50 mg/day for 7 days. During prednisolone administration antipyrine clearance decreased from 54.9±14.8 to 51.7±14.6 ml/min (mean±SD; p〈0.05). The results indicate that prednisolone decreases the rate of antipyrine elimination, but not to an extent suggesting a clinically important change in hepatic drug metabolism.
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  • 298
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    Keywords: flecainide ; propranolol ; pharmacodynamics ; pharmacokinetics ; drug interaction
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 33 (1987), S. 101-104 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: enoxacin ; quinolone ; pharmacokinetics ; anti-bacterial ; elderly
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    Notes: Summary We have studied the pharmacokinetics of enoxacin in two groups of subjects, 10 young (18–45 years) and 10 elderly adults (〉65 years) after a single oral dose of enoxacin (600 mg). Enoxacin was absorbed rapidly, peak plasma concentrations being reached within two hours in both groups. However, the peak plasma concentration of enoxacin was significantly higher in the elderly than in the young adults. The area under the concentration-time curve extrapolated to infinity was also significantly greater in the elderly compared with the young subjects, and the apparent renal clearance was significantly less in the elderly than in the young adults. Consequently, the urinary elimination of unchanged enoxacin was significantly reduced in the elderly. The apparent volume of distribution in the elderly was significantly less than in the young adults. The elimination half-time of enoxacin was similar in the two groups.
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    Keywords: buserelin ; LHRH superagonist ; histamine-induced rhinitis ; pharmacokinetics ; serum LH
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The influence of experimental rhinitis on the absorption of buserelin, measured as the serum luteinizing hormone (LH) response, has been investigated. A single dose of 200 µg buserelin was given to 24 healthy male volunteers after induction of experimental rhinitis with histamine and after use of a saline spray (placebo control). Except on one occasion, when the pump-spray apparently was incorrectly operated, serum LH concentration rose after buserelin. There was no difference in the LH response between histamine-induced rhinitis and saline controls. It was concluded that intranasal application of buserelin represents a reliable mode of application and that modification of the administration route or a change in the dosage schedule during naturally-occurring nasal inflammations, such as the common cold and allergic rhinitis, is unnecessary in patients undergoing chronic treatment with intranasal buserelin, e.g. for prostatic cancer, endometriosis, precocious puberty, and contraception.
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