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  • 1
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 31 (1987), S. 579-582 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: budesonide ; asthma ; glucocorticoid ; pharmacokinetics ; children ; inhalation
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics of the glucocorticoid budesonide was studied in 6 children with asthma after i.v. injection of 0.5 mg and oral inhalation of 1 mg as an aerosol. Budesonide is a 1:1 mixture of the epimers 22 S and 22 R, which were assayed separately by HPLC combined with RIA. All pharmacokinetic parameters of the epimers differed except the half-life of about 1.5 h. It was significantly shorter than that reported in adults. Plasma clearance averaged 103 l · h−1 for epimer 22 R and 74 l · h−1 for epimer 22 S; calculated per kg body weight these values were about 50% higher than in adults. The difference was about 40% when calculated per m2 of body surface area. Since budesonide is a high-clearance drug, the data indicate higher liver blood flow · kg−1 body weight and m2 of body surface area in children. The systemic availability of the aerosol was approximately 30% of nominal dose, i.e. the same as in adults. The high clearance and short half-life of budesonide in children are advantageous in reducing the risk of possible systemic side-effects of prophylactic treatment of asthma in childhood.
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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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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    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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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    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. 629-630 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: ofloxacin ; pharmacokinetics ; healthy male volunteers
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Conclusion In healthy subjects ofloxacin pharmacokinetics were found to be linear in the dose range studied (100–400 mg). The terminal half-time was 7.5–8 h and plasma ofloxacin concentrations were still detectable at 16 and 24 h after administration. The ratio of renal ofloxacin clerance: creatinine clearance was 1.35–1.82 and was not significantly different for the three doses. The non-renal clearance of ofloxacin was 40–60 ml·min−1, i.e. 20–30% of the total body clearance. Food intake delayed the absorption of ofloxacin but did not significantly modify its elimination.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 367-372 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    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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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 395-401 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: probenecid ; Michaelis-Menten kinetics ; protein binding ; pharmacokinetics ; healthy volunteers
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    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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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 259-265 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: ketanserin ; ketanserin-ol ; pharmacokinetics ; hypertension
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    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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    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. 289-295 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: theophylline ; pregnancy ; pharmacokinetics ; lactation ; methylxanthines ; metabolism
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The effects of pregnancy on the disposition of theophylline were assessed in 10 patients throughout pregnancy and post-partum. The clearance relative to total theophylline concentrations was only slightly affected during the first two trimesters (2.61±0.63 l/h and 2.85±1.05 l/h), while a statistically significant reduction was evident late in pregnancy (2.05±0.49 l/h). Post-partum clearance values (2.16±2.81 l/h) suggest an ongoing suppression relative to pre-pregnancy levels. A similar pattern was evident with clearance values based on free theophylline plasma concentrations (p=0.12). Absolute volume of distribution increased in concert with gestation, suggesting that theophylline partitions into the enlarged tissue spaces. In addition, theophylline binding to plasma proteins decreased, albeit insignificantly, during the second (fraction bound=29%) and third (32%) trimesters compared to post-partum values (41%). Increases in half-life during the third trimester (13.00±2.31 h vs 9.53±3.53 h post-partum) were highly significant. This change reflects the net effect of reduced clearance and increased distribution. Breast feeding had no effect on the disposition of theophylline, although the transfer of this compound into breast milk was confirmed.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 297-301 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: chlorpropamide ; epileptics ; pharmacokinetics ; antiepileptic drug ; protein binding ; antipyrine test ; urine pH ; excretion
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The effects of liver enzyme induction and of urine pH on the pharmacokinetics of chlorpropamide have been studied. A single oral dose of chlorpropamide 250 mg was administered to 8 patients on antiepileptic drugs (phenytoin, carbamazepine) and to 8 healthy volunteers. The half-life of chlorpropamide was significantly shorter in the patients (34.4 h) than in the healthy volunteers (50.2 h), but the difference between the groups in the half-life of antipyrine was even more pronounced (5.1 vs 11.4 h). The clearance and volume of distribution of total chlorpropamide were significantly higher in the patients (2.99 ml·h−1·kg−1 and 126 ml·kg−1) than in the healthy volunteers (1.60 ml·h−1·kg−1 and 106 ml·kg−1). The unbound fraction of chlorpropamide in serum was also higher in the patients (5.7%) than in the healthy subjects (4.4%). Neither the volume of distribution nor the clearance of the free fraction of chlorpropamide differed significantly between the groups. There was a significant correlation between the half-lifes of chlorpropamide and antipyrine, and the half-life of chlorpropamide also had at least as good an inverse correlation with the urinary excretion of unchanged chlorpropamide. The renal clearance of chlorpropamide correlated well with urine pH and was almost 100-fold higher at pH 7 than at pH 5. Both the metabolic and renal clearances of chlorpropamide are important in its elimination. At urine pH higher than 6.5–7, the renal clearance of chlorpropamide represents more than half its total clearance regardless the degree of induction of liver enzymes.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 33 (1987), S. 185-189 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: vinpocetine ; apovincaminic acid ; healthy volunteers ; elderly subjects ; pharmacokinetics ; age effect
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics of vinpocetine and its main metabolite, apovincaminic acid (AVA), were studied in the aged. Vinpocetine was eliminated with a mean half-life of 2.12±0.51 h. Total plasma clearance (CL) and distribution coefficient (Δ) of the parent drug were 2.2±0.9 l · kg−1 · h−1 and 6.7±3.7 l · kg−1, respectively. The CL and Δ of vinpocetine differed significantly from young subjects but the elimination half-life was not altered. Significant changes in the elimination half-life and plasma clearance of AVA were found, perhaps because of the physiological decrease in renal function.
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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. 67-72 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    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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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    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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    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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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 33 (1987), S. 211-214 
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    Keywords: temazepam ; pharmacokinetics ; oral dose ; distribution half-life
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    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetic disposition of temazepam was compared after a day-time and night-time dose in an open randomised crossover study. Twelve healthy male volunteers received a single oral dose of 20 mg temazepam in a soft gelatine capsule at 0900 h or 2200 h. Blood samples were taken immediately before dosing and at selected times over the 36-h period after each dose. The absorption of temazepam was slower after evening administration; the absorption half-life and time to reach maximal plasma concentration being 0.53 h and 1.67 h respectively, compared to 0.38 h and 1.02 h following morning administration. Considering distribution characteristics, evening administration produced a lower peak plasma temazepam concentration (362 ng/ml) compared with a day-time level of 510 ng/ml. Distribution half-life after night-time administration was increased compared with day-time administration (1.76 h vs 1.03 h). A significantly higher percentage of the drug, relative to Cmax, remained in the plasma at 8 and 24 h after evening dosing (39.3 and 15.4% compared to 24.7 and 11.2% following day-time administration). In spite of the half-lives of absorption, distribution and elimination all being longer after the evening dose, the overall bioavailability, as measured by the area under the curve (AUC) was comparable after the two times of administration. Similarly the difference in the mean residence time (MRT) of the two doses was within accepted limits. It is concluded that a chronopharmacokinetic effect was seen for temazepam; however it is unlikely to be of any clinical significance.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 33 (1987), S. 227-230 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    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: flecainide ; propranolol ; pharmacodynamics ; pharmacokinetics ; drug interaction
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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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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 31 (1987), S. 743-743 
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    Keywords: chloroquine ; dose dependence ; pharmacokinetics
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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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    Keywords: nitroglycerin ; angina pectoris ; transdermal/transmucosal administration ; exercise tests ; pharmacokinetics ; Nitroderm-TTS ; Trinitrolong
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    Notes: Summary The efficacy of a transdermal (Nitroderm-TTS) and a transmucosal (Trinitrolong) nitroglycerin (NG) formulation has been compared with sublingual NG in 9 patients with ischaemic heart disease and stable angina pectoris. The duration and the degree of anti-ischaemic effect were assessed in terms of similar, individually adjusted work loads performed prior to and repeatedly after drug application in comparison with placebo. The anti-ischaemic effect of nitroderm appeared in 0.5–3 h after administration, reached a maximum in about 3.8 h and persisted for 7.9 h. The maximal nitroderm effect was significantly lower than that of sublingual NG or Trinitrolong. The effect of Trinitrolong was less variable and lasted for 4.6 h. It was evident in all patients 0.5 h after drug administration. Plasma NG levels were monitored in 9 patients after sublingual NG and trinitrolong and in 4 following Nitroderm. The relative bioavailability of Nitroderm and Trinitrolong according to the pharmacokinetic data was 29% and 256%, respectively, of sublingual NG tablets. A therapeutic NG level in blood (0.5 ng/ml) after Trinitrolong appeared much earlier (2 min) than after Nitroderm (1 h). A significant reduction in the effect of sublingual NG was observed during Nitroderm application. Thus, the transdermal NG formulation did not exhibit an antianginal effect lasting for 24 h; transmucosal NG had a relatively short, but more pronounced and stable antianginal effect.
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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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    Keywords: urapidil ; hypertension ; alpha-adrenoceptor blocker ; antihypertensive agent ; pharmacodynamics ; pharmacokinetics ; adverse effects
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    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics and haemodynamic effects of infused urapidil and an infusion-capsule combination were followed to study the correlation between the serum urapidil level and the blood pressure. Prior to urapidil administration, basal blood pressure and heart rate were measured for 16 h in 12 male hypertensive patients. Six patients received infusions lasting for 4 h of urapidil 10, 2.5 and 5 mg/h. Six patients were infused with urapidil 10 mg/h for 4 h and 2 h after the end of the infusion each took a 60-mg capsule. After a 5 day washout period the procedures were crossed over. A maximum serum urapidil level of 625±232 ng/ml was achieved at the end of the 10 mg/h infusion, when the fall in blood pressure was 37/21 mmHg. During the 2.5 and 5 mg/h infusions the serum urapidil level was 330 and 420 ng/ml, respectively, and the corresponding decreases in blood pressure were 28/16 mmHg and 31/8 mmHg. Although the urapidil concentration 1 hour after beginning the infusion was only 184±89 ng/ml a near maximal blood pressure decrease had already occurred 33±9/20±8 mmHg, whereas, 1 h after the end of the infusion the reduction in blood pressure was only 10±12/3±8 mm, with a urapidil concentration of 358±120 ng/ml. During the plateau phases of both the infusion and infusion-capsule treatments the falls in blood pressure followed the serum urapidil levels. Only in the initial rising and final falling phases of the treatments were the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of urapidil not correlated.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 93-95 
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    Keywords: tiaprofenic acid ; arthritis ; pharmacokinetics ; elderly
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    Notes: Summary We have studied the single dose and steady-state pharmacokinetic of tiaprofenic acid in ten elderly arthritic patients living in the community (5 men and 5 women) taking 200 mg tid for 8 days. The mean area under the plasma concentration-time curves to 8 h (AUC (0–8)) did not alter significantly from day 1 to day 8 (77.25 to 79.61 µg·ml−1. h). The mean terminal phase half-life (t1/2) was 2.05 h and 2.25 h on Days 1 and 8 respectively in patients in whom the calculations were possible (7 patients on Day 1 and 6 patients on Day 8). The median observed time of maximum concentration (tmax) and the mean observed maximum plasma concentration (Cmax) of 100 min and 21.3 µg·ml−1 respectively on Day 1 were not significantly different from the values obtained on Day 8 (tmax 120 min; Cmax 20.7 µg·ml−1). The kinetic data suggest that there should be no significant accumulation of tiaprofenic acid in elderly ambulant people suffering from arthritis.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 431-432 
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    Keywords: theophylline ; fluoroquinolones ; drug interaction ; pharmacokinetics ; ofloxacin ; norfloxacin
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    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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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 597-605 
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    Keywords: iloprost ; prostacyclin analogue ; pharmacokinetics ; pharmacodynamics ; radiolabeled study ; volunteers ; side-effects
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    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 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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    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. 503-505 
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    Keywords: isosorbide-5-nitrate ; renal failure ; haemodialysis ; peritoneal dialysis ; pharmacokinetics
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    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics of isosorbide-5-nitrate (IS-5-N) was studied in ten patients on haemodialysis (HD) after a single oral dose of 20 mg IS-5-N, and in six patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) after repeated oral doses of 3×20 mg IS-5-N. There was significant removal of IS-5-N from blood during HD; Cmax decreased by about 20%, AUC(0–8 h) by 30% and t1/2 by about 20% from 4.3 to 3.4 h, and plasma clearance was increased by 81 ml/min. No important loss of IS-5-N was observed in patients on CAPD.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 493-498 
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    Keywords: theophylline ; erythromycin ; drug interaction ; aminophylline ; pharmacokinetics
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    Notes: Summary We have studied the interaction of erythromycin with theophylline. We gave ten healthy volunteers theophylline as an intravenous loading dose (5 mg·kg−1) over 1 h, followed by a maintenance infusion (0.5 mg·kg−1·h−1) for 5 h. A second infusion of theophylline was given after 9 days of treatment with 1 g erythromycin base daily, and the concentrations of theophylline were determined during the infusion periods. The concentrations of erythromycin were measured for 8 h, after one week of treatment, and also after the last erythromycin dose, simultaneously with the second theophylline infusion. Concentrations within the therapeutic range were obtained with both drugs. A significant increase in both AUC and mean plasma concentrations of theophylline was seen during erythromycin treatment. The plasma clearance of theophylline was reduced in 9 of the 10 subjects. Renal clearance increased correspondingly, but the change was not statistically significant. Serum concentrations of erythromycin fell significantly, by more than 30%, with concurrent theophylline medication. We conclude that an interaction between theophylline and erythromycin, affecting both drugs, can be shown with concentrations of the drugs within the therapeutic range.
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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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    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. 391-396 
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    Keywords: metyrapone ; acetaminophen ; analgesic intoxication ; pharmacokinetics ; drug interaction ; healthy volunteers
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    Notes: Summary This study examined the effect of metyrapone on the elimination rate of acetaminophen and on the apparent formation rate of acetaminophen metabolites in man. Metyrapone treatment, 1.5 g, increased the half-life of acetaminophen, decreased the fraction of the dose recovered in the urine as the glucuronide and increased the fraction of the dose recovered in urine as the sulfate and mercapturate conjugates. The apparent rate constant for the formation of acetaminophen glucuronide was significantly decreased by metyrapone while the apparent rate constants for the formation of the sulfate and mercapturic acid metabolites were unchanged or slightly increased, respectively. These data indicate that metyrapone inhibits acetaminophen glucuronidation and possibly enhances the oxidation of acetaminophen to its quantitatively minor yet highly toxic reactive metabolite. The extent to which the parallel pathways of acetaminophen elimination are also affected by inhibitors of cytochrome P-450-mediated oxidation will limit the efficacy of these types of potential antidotes for the treatment of acetaminophen overdose.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 33 (1987), S. 397-402 
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    Keywords: tolbutamide ; debrisoquine phenotype ; drug metabolism ; genetic polymorphism ; sulphonylureas ; pharmacokinetics
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    Notes: Summary The oxidative metabolism of tolbutamide was studied in 13 healthy subjects of known debrisoquine phenotype. Three were poor (PM) and ten were extensive (EM) metabolisers of debrisoquine. The mean values for total plasma clearance, elimination half-life, and metabolic clearance were 0.26 ml·min−1·kg−1, 3.4 h, and 0.17 ml·min−1. kg−1 in PM subjects and 0.22 ml·min−1·kg−1, 4.3 h and 0.15 ml·min−1·kg−1 in EM subjects. Total urinary recovery (% of dose) and ratio of hydroxy- to carboxytolbutamide were 69.4% and 0.219 respectively in PM subjects and 70.9% and 0.226 in EM subjects. There were no statistically significant differences between EM and PM metabolisers for any of these parameters. In addition there was no correlation between the debrisoquine metabolic ratio and tolbutamide urinary metabolite recovery or plasma clearance. These data indicate that hydroxylation of debrisoquine and tolbutamide are not catalyzed by the same enzyme. The ratio of hydroxy- to carboxytolbutamide in our subjects, and in other recent studies, suggests that some previous publications were inaccurate and their conclusions about the genetic control of tolbutamide metabolism were incorrect.
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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. 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. 369-373 
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    Keywords: propranolol ; omeprazole ; pharmacokinetics ; drug interaction ; healthy volunteers
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    Notes: Summary In a randomised double-blind cross-over study, 8 normal subjects received propranolol 80 mg twice daily with omeprazole 20 mg or identical placebo each morning. Propranolol kinetics were measured on day 8 of both treatment periods. Areas under the propranolol concentration/time curves were not significantly increased by omeprazole treatment: off treatment mean 787.6, on treatment 802.5 ng−1·ml·h. Maximum and minimum steady-state propranolol concentrations were similarily unaffected. Omeprazole also failed to increase the clinical effect of propranolol, as assessed by exercise tests on Day 8 of treatment. We conclude that omeprazole in the dose likely to be used for peptic ulcer has no significant effect on the kinetics or action of propranolol.
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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 33 (1987), S. 237-242 
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    Keywords: thiazinamium ; asthma ; pharmacokinetics ; pharmacodynamics ; optimal concentration
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    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of thiazinamium (Multergan) were studied after intravenous and intramuscular administration to 7 males with chronic reversible airways obstruction. Disposition after i.v. administration was described by a clearance of 0.54 l·min−1, central compartment volume of 14.8 l, distribution rate constant 0.092 min−1, and an elimination rate constant of 0.0044 min−1. The corresponding estimates after i.m. administration were 0.324 l·min−1, 34.1 l, 0.035 min−1, and 0.0018 min−1. The bronchodilator response (expressed as % predicted FEV1) after i.v. administration was characterized by maximum increase in FEV1 of 33.9%, with an EC50 of 12.8 ng·ml−1 and an equilibration half-time of 11 min. Corresponding parameter estimates after i.m. administration were 32.2%, 18.8 ng·ml−1, and 9 min. Anticholinergic activity, measured by the change in heart rate after i.v. administration, showed maximum increase of 76 beats·min−1, with an EC50 of 176 ng·ml−1 and an equilibration half-time of 1.3 min. After i.m. administration the corresponding values were 120 beats·min−1, 250 ng·ml−1, and 3 min. The optimal plasma concentration of thiazinamium was about 100 ng·ml−1, which should give a near maximal bronchodilator response (over 80% of predicted normal) and a heart rate of about 100 beats·min−1.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 33 (1987), S. 303-310 
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    Keywords: bendazac ; renal insufficiency ; pharmacokinetics ; bendazac-lysine ; 5-hydroxybendazac
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    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics of bendazac and its major metabolite, 5-hydroxybendazac, have been investigated in 15 patients with moderate to severe renal insufficiency and renal failure following a single oral dose of 500 mg bendazac-lysine. The pharmacokinetic parameters were compared to those obtained in 10 healthy adult volunteers. The rate and the extent of absorption of bendazac was not modified in the patients with moderate and severe renal insufficiency, nor was there any change in plasma tmax, Cmax, apparent elimination t1/2 and AUC. There was a significant increase in the unbound fraction of bendazac in renal failure patients undergoing haemodialysis, with a consequent increase in the apparent volume of distribution (V/F) and apparent plasma clearance (CL/F), and a decrease in plasma Cmax and AUC. Simultaneous changes of V/F and CL/F lead to an unchanged plasma t1/2 in these patients. Renal clearance (CLR) was decreased, but CL/F was not affected, since renal excretion is a minor route of elimination of bendazac. Bendazac is mostly eliminated by metabolism to 5-hydroxybendazac, in healthy subjects 〉60% of a dose being excreted in urine as 5-hydroxybendazac and its glucuronide. In patients with renal insufficiency urinary excretion of 5-hydroxybendazac was decreased and the systemic availability of the metabolite (AUC), was increased about three-fold, irrespective of the degree of renal failure. Plasma 5-hydroxybendazac glucuronide accumulated according to the degree of renal insufficiency. Overall it can be assumed that the pharmacological effect of the drug will not be enhanced in renal failure and that the dosage regimen of bendazac-lysine in such patients need not be modified.
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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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    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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    Keywords: pefloxacin ; cirrhosis ; pharmacokinetics ; ascites
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    Notes: Summary Plasma and ascitic fluid concentrations of pefloxacin in 10 cirrhotic patients and 8 healthy volunteers were determined following administration of a single oral dose of 400 mg. The mean elimination half-life was significantly increased in the patients (29.0 h) compared to in 8 healthy volunteers (12.3 h). In patients, the total plasma clearance (2.71 vs 6.85 l/h) and volume of distribution (1.12 vs 1.67 l/kg) were decreased. Estimated by the ratio of the AUC in peritoneal fluid and plasma, ascitic fluid penetration was 68% after one oral dose, and pronounced accumulation of pefloxacin in ascites was found after repeated doses. Oral pefloxacin would seem to be a convenient and useful treatment of spontaneous, gram-negative, bacterial peritonitis in cirrhosis. However, the decreased hepatic metabolism of the drug leads to a marked accumulation in plasma and ascites after repeated doses, and a reduced dose is required in these patients.
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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 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. 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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    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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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 35-41 
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    Keywords: metronidazole ; antipyrine ; cimetidine ; phenobarbitone ; drug interaction ; drug metabolism ; pharmacokinetics
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    Notes: Summary The effect of cimetidine, antipyrine and phenobarbitone on the pharmacokinetics of intravenous metronidazole and oral antipyrine has been examined in 7 healthy volunteers. The administration of cimetidine for 24 h before and throughout the sampling period failed to alter the total clearance of metronidazole or the rate of formation of the hydroxy metabolite, whereas the total and partial clearances of antipyrine were decreased 0.74 and 0.6–0.7-fold, respectively, Seven days of phenobarbitone or antipyrine administration increased the total clearance of metronidazole 1.51- and 1.86-fold, respectively, and the total antipyrine clearance was 1.22 or 1.46-fold increased, respectively. The rate of metronidazole hydroxylation was significantly enhanced by both enzyme inducers. The partial clearance of antipyrine to the normetabolite was significantly increased by both inducers, wheras the rate of 4-hydroxylation was significantly increased only by prior antipyrine administration. The results indicate that the hydroxylation of metronidazole is not inhibited by cimetidine, but that it is inducible by phenobarbitone or antipyrine. It is suggested that metronidazole and antipyrine are metabolized by different enzymatic pathways.
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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. 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. 111-113 
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    Keywords: ornidazole ; neonates ; pharmacokinetics ; intravenous infusion
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    Notes: Summary The single dose pharmacokinetics of ornidazole has been evaluated in 12 neonates or infants (aged 1 to 42 weeks) after the infusion of 20 mg/kg over 20 min. Plasma disposition was described by a two-compartment open model. The distribution phase was short (T1/2 (1)=0.31 h) and was followed by an elimination phase (t1/2 (2)=14.67 h). The mean apparent volume of distribution was 0.96 l/kg−1. These results did not differ from data previous by reported in adults. Total plasma clearance was between 0.4 and 1.4 ml·min−1·kg−1. The plasma concentration 24 h after the infusion was 7.32 mg·l−1, which was above the minimum inhibitory concentration for clinically significant anaerobic bacteria. Based on the pharmacokinetic results and residual concentrations at 24 h, a single daily infusion of ornidazole 20 mg·kg−1 appears adequate for therapy in neonates and infants.
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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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 321-323 
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    Keywords: carbamazepine ; josamycin ; drug interaction ; epileptic patients ; pharmacokinetics
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    Notes: Summary The steady state pharmacokinetics of oral carbamazepine in epileptic patients (n=8) was compared before and after one week of treatment with josamycin (2 g/day). There was a small but statistically significant decrease in oral clearance of total (17%) and unbound (21.5%) drug. In spite of an unchanged AUC of 10,11-epoxide carbamazepine the ratio of metabolite to parent drug AUC was significantly decreased (20.2%). The plasma protein binding of carbamazepine and its 10,11-epoxide metabolite did not vary. The results demonstrate impairment by josamycin of the apparent clearance of carbamazepine. Care should be taken in patient receiving both carbamazepine and josamycin.
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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. 411-418 
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    Keywords: 5-fluorouracil ; colorectal carcinoma ; pharmacokinetics ; product-inhibition ; blood clearance
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    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 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: 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. 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. 625-629 
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    Keywords: disopyramide ; bioavailability ; saturable binding ; pharmacokinetics
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    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. 511-513 
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    Keywords: carvedilol ; BM 14.190 ; pharmacokinetics ; bioavailability ; dose-linear kinetics
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    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics and absolute bioavailability of carvedilol have been studied in 20 male healthy volunteers in a randomised 4-period, cross-over trial. Carvedilol 12,5 mg was given i.v., 50 mg was administered p.o. as a suspension and 25 and 50 mg were given in a capsule formulation. For the 50 mg capsule Cmax was 66 µg·l−1, tmax 1.2 h, t1/2 6.4 h. The t1/2 after i.v. administration was 2.4 h, CL 589 ml/min and Vz 132 l. The absolute bioavailability was 24% (50 mg capsule). The kinetics after the 25 and 50 mg capsules were consistent with dose linearity.
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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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    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. 729-731 
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    Keywords: chloroquine ; pharmacokinetics ; dose-dependence ; exponential equations
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    Notes: Summary We have shown that apparent nonlinearities in the pharmacokinetics of chloroquine and wide variability in reported kinetic values are possibly artefacts of experimental design. We have used simulated data based on linear equations to demonstrate that chloroquine kinetics may appear to be dose-dependent if samples are collected over a short period or if they are assayed with a method of low sensitivity.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 32 (1987), S. 159-164 
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    Keywords: doxepin ; cimetidine ; ranitidine ; pharmacokinetics ; biotransformation ; healthy volunteers
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    Notes: Summary The effect of cimetidine and ranitidine on doxepin pharmacokinetics was studied in 6 healthy volunteers. Each subject completed 3 study phases: Treatment A, 9 consecutive doses of 50 mg doxepin (once daily); Treatment B, same as Treatment A but co-administration of cimetidine 600 mg b.i.d. starting after the sixth doxepin dose and continuing until approximately 2 days following discontinuation of doxepin administration; Treatment C, identical to Treatment B but with ranitidine 150 mg b.i.d. instead of cimetidine. Unlike ranitidine, cimetidine co-administration resulted in a significant increase in steady state plasma levels of doxepin (4.7, 9.0 and 4.5 ng/ml during Treatments A, B and C respectively) but not desmethyldoxepin (4.1, 4.6 and 4.2 ng/ml during Treatments A, B and C respectively). Elimination half-lives of doxepin and desmethyldoxepin were prolonged by cimetidine co-administration (19.6 and 26.2 h respectively), but remained unchanged during the ranitidine treatment phase (13.3 and 18.4 h) as compared to the control phase i.e. Treatment A (13.2 and 19.0 h). These results show that cimetidine, unlike ranitidine, significantly inhibits the biotransformation of doxepin. This data has clinical implications when the co-administration of tricylic antidepressants and H2-receptor antagonists are indicated.
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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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    Keywords: salicyl phenolic glucuronide ; rheumatoid arthritis ; aspirin ; pharmacokinetics
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    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics of salicyl phenolic glucuronide (SPG) and other salicylic acid (SA) metabolites were studied at three aspirin dosage regimens in eight patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Each patient received 1, 2 and 4 g enteric coated aspirin (ASA) daily in ascending order. At the end of each 2-week dosage period, plasma and urine were collected over a dosage interval for the estimation of various pharmacokinetic parameters. With increasing ASA dosage, mean clearance of SA to SPG was approximately constant (1.8±0.3, 1.7±0.2, and 1.5±0.2 ml/min at 1, 2 and 4 g/day, respectively) when related to plasma concentrations of total SA. The percentage of the ASA dosage recovered in urine as SPG increased from 5.2±1.1 to 7.1±1.1 to 10.5±1.7 at 1, 2 and 4 g/day, respectively. It was concluded, however, that the conversion of SA to SPG is saturable, since the mean clearance of SA to SPG decreased when calculated with respect of the plasma concentration of unbound SA (13.4±1.6, 11.0±1.4, and 6.6±1.9 ml/min at 1, 2 and 4 g/day, respectively). The kinetics of the formation and excretion of salicylurate and the excretion of gentisate were similar to those found in previous studies.
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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. 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. 191-193 
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    Keywords: theophylline ; terbutaline ; pharmacokinetics ; asthma
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    Notes: Summary Theophylline and subcutaneous terbutaline are frequently used concurrently in the management of acute asthma. Recent evidence demonstrating a reduction in theophylline serum concentrations during concomitant oral terbutaline therapy prompted our evaluation of subcutaneous terbutaline's effect on theophylline pharmacokinetics. Using a randomized, placebo controlled, crossover design, the disposition of a single oral theophylline dose (7 mg/kg) was studied in eight healthy, adult males before and after repeated subcutaneous administration of terbutaline (0.25 mg). Two-way analysis of variance revealed no significant difference in elimination rate constant (ke), area under the concentration-time curve (AUC), or apparent oral clearance (CL/F) of theophylline following terbutaline administration. These results indicate that subcutaneous administration of terbutaline does not alter the pharmacokinetics of single, oral doses of theophylline in adults.
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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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    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. 631-634 
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    Keywords: salbutamol ; albuterol ; pharmacokinetics ; bioavailability ; healthy volunteers
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    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. 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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    Keywords: hypothermia ; fentanyl ; pharmacokinetics ; cardiopulmonary bypass ; hypothermia-induced hypoperfusion
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    Notes: Summary The effect of hypothermia on the disposition of fentanyl was evaluated in 18 children undergoing corrective cardiac surgery. They received a bolus of fentanyl followed by a continuous infusion which was stopped when cardiopulmonary bypass was established and profound hypothermia was achieved (18 °C–25 °C). Fentanyl plasma concentration remained essentially unchanged during hypothermia (6.45 ng/ml 5 min into hypothermia and 5.26 ng/ml 100–140 min later; p〉0.1). In subsequent experiments, the effect of hypothermia on the pharmacokinetics of fentanyl was studied in 4 piglets serving as their own controls. Both distribution volume (Vz) and total body clearance (CL) were significantly smaller during hypothermia. Our studies indicate that being a drug with a large distribution volume and a high hepatic extraction ratio, both CL and Vz are significantly reduced by hypothermia-induced hypoperfusion. In addition, TBC is influenced by the temperature-dependent hepatic metabolism of fentanyl.
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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. 563-568 
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    Keywords: nitrendipine ; pharmacokinetics ; hepatitis ; liver cirrhosis ; protein binding
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    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. 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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    Keywords: indoramin ; 6-hydroxyindoramin ; bioavailability ; pharmacokinetics ; healthy volunteers
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    Notes: Summary We have studied the pharmacokinetics and absolute systemic availability of indoramin (50 mg) given orally in solution or as a tablet with reference to intravenously administered drug (0.15 mg/kg) in 9 healthy volunteers. After intravenous administration the median apparent volume of distribution was 6.3l·kg−1, plasma clearance was 20.0 ml·min−1·kg−1, and terminal half-time was 4.1 h. When given by tablet indoramin was absorbed with moderate rapidity, with a median tmax of 1.5 h. The median systemic availability was 24%. After oral administration in solution the drug was more rapidly absorbed, with a median tmax of 1.0 h (p〈0.01). The median systemic availability was 43% (15–85%). Plasma concentrations of an active metabolite, 6-hydroxyindoramin, after single oral doses in either dosage form, were of a similar order to those of unchanged drug and fell with similar rapidity. After intravenous administration, however, concentrations of the metabolite were negligible.
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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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    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 33 (1987), S. 101-104 
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    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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    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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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    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. 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. 431-434 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: phenylethylmalonamide ; pharmacokinetics ; elderly
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    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. 463-467 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: pefloxacin ; N-desmethyl-metabolite ; pharmacokinetics ; renal impairment
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Twenty patients (aged 26–70 years) with severely impaired renal function received pefloxacin twice daily for 5 days as 12 mg·kg−1 administered as a 1 h i.v. infusion, or 800 mg administered as tablets. On Day 5 the minimal and maximal plasma concentrations were 5.9 and 11.5 mg·l−1 respectively, after the infusion, and 8.0 and 10.4 mg·l−1, respectively, after oral administration. The steady-state level of the N-desmethyl metabolite ranged from 0.9 (infusion) to 1.2 mg·l−1 (oral route), and that of the N-oxide metabolite ranged from 6.2 (infusion) to 9.0 mg·l−1 (oral route). The minimal concentration of unchanged drug was related to the age of the patients (infusion), but the N-oxide concentration was influenced by the degree of renal impairment (both routes). The pefloxacin levels were similar to those achieved in healthy subjects, but reduced renal function leads accumulation of its biotransformation products, especially of the N-oxide metabolite which lacks antibacterial activity.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 33 (1987), S. 483-486 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: theophylline ; hyperthyroidism ; hypothyroidism ; pharmacokinetics ; clinical significance
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics of theophylline was investigated in five hyperthyroid, five hypothyroid, and five euthyroid patients, all with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Wide individual variability was found in theophylline kinetics, but the rate of elimination of theophylline was significantly higher in hyperthyroid, and lower in hypothyroid patients than in the euthyroid patients (kel=0.155, 0.060 and 0.107 h−1, respectively). The values for clearance and volume of distribution were not consistently changed compared with those in the euthyroid group, although all the parameters except AUC were significantly different in hyperthyroid and hypothyroid patients. There was a positive correlation between both thyroxine and triiodothyronine serum concentrations and total body clearance of theophylline (r=0.795 and r=0.791, respectively). It is concluded that in spite of the wide interindividual variability and the relatively small differences in the pharmacokinetics of theophylline in thyroid dysfunction compared with the euthyroid status, these differences have to be considered in certain clinical situations, as they may require changes in the therapeutic regimen for administration of theophylline in hyperthyroid or hypothyroid patients.
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    Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine 103 (1987), S. 658-660 
    ISSN: 1573-8221
    Keywords: ethanol ; rats ; pharmacokinetics
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
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    Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine 104 (1987), S. 941-944 
    ISSN: 1573-8221
    Keywords: ethanol ; predisposition ; pharmacokinetics
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
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    Keywords: prazosin ; prazosin metabolite ; pharmacokinetics
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  • 99
    ISSN: 1573-904X
    Keywords: enterohepatic recirculation ; pharmacokinetics ; bioavailability ; area under the curve ; bile ; hepatic extraction
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract A relationship between systemic availability and its determinants has been derived for a physiologically realistic model of drug disposition that includes enterohepatic cycling (EHC), gallbladder emptying (with an arbitrary time course), first-pass metabolism to noncycling metabolites, and fecal excretion. Systemic availability (F) has been shown to be determined by the fraction of the dose initially absorbed (f a*), the fraction of the drug excreted into the GI tract that is reabsorbed with each cycle (f a), the hepatic extraction ratio (E), and the fraction of extracted drug that is transported to the gallbladder for EHC (f g) according to the relationship F = f a*(1 −E/(1 − f a f g E) The implications of the above relationship are that (1) systemic availability is dependent on EHC, (2) values of F calculated to be greater than unity cannot be explained simply by the presence of EHC, (3) calculations of E based on the usual expression F = f a* (1 − E) are erroneous for drugs subject to EHC, and (4) a compound that has a high systemic availability and is subject to EHC is not necessarily inefficiently metabolized. The quantitative interrelationship of systemic availability and its determinants is illustrated using a contour plot. Slices through the surface are used to demonstrate that the presence of EHC changes the sensitivity of F to changes in E.
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    ISSN: 1573-904X
    Keywords: oral cephalosporin ; cefixime ; pharmacokinetics
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract Cefixime (CL 284,635; FK 027) is a new third-generation oral cephalosporin. To study dose-dependent pharmacokinetics of cefixime in dogs, two balanced four-way crossover studies were conducted. In the first study, oral doses of 50, 100, and 200 mg/kg and an intravenous dose of 50 mg/kg cefixime were administered. In the second study, oral doses of 6.25, 12.5, and 25 mg/kg and an intravenous dose of 12.5 mg/kg cefixime were administered to the same dogs. A period of 1 month separated the two studies. When the two intravenous doses were compared (i.e., 12.5 and 50 mg/kg), a twofold increase in clearance and volume of distribution was observed after the higher dose. The oral systemic bioavailability in the dose range 6.25–50 mg/kg was 55%. It decreased to 44% at 100 mg/kg and 27% at 200 mg/kg. The average peak serum concentrations ranged from 15.8 µg/ml at 6.25 mg/kg to 119 µg/ml at 200 mg/kg. Within this concentration range, the fraction of free drug in serum (unbound to proteins) increased from 7 to 25%. This concentration-dependent protein binding was primarily responsible for changes in total clearance, volume of distribution, and bioavailability of the drug in dogs.
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