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    Cellular and molecular life sciences 44 (1988), S. 710-712 
    ISSN: 1420-9071
    Keywords: MAO A ; MAO B ; substantia nigra ; rat ; man ; MPTP
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary In single nerve cell bodies isolated from the substantia nigra of man and rat the active forms of MAO A and MAO B were found by the use of the microdiver technique and specific inhibitors.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 5 (1972), S. 1-10 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: Tricyclic antidepressants ; desmethylimipramine ; nortriptyline ; single- and multiple-dose kinetics ; plasma concentration ; plasma clearance ; pharmacogenetics ; man
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Eight healthy volunteers received single oral doses (1 mg/kg) and 6 received multiple doses (0.4 mg/kg t.i.d. for 2 weeks) of desmethylimipramine (DMI) and nortriptyline (NT) on different occasions. Kinetic analysis of plasma levels of the drugs showed that the ratios between single-dose peak-levels, plasma half-lives and apparent mean “steady-state” plasma levels of the two drugs were constant in all the subjects, and averaged 0.6. Despite their closely related chemical structures the apparent plasma clearance rate of DMI was about twice that of NT, and this might be associated with their different degrees of binding to plasma proteins. — The “steady-state” plasma level of NT in man is known to be genetically determined, and the conformity within each individual of the plasma clearance rates of DMI and NT indicates that the plasma kinetics of both these drugs are controlled by common genetic factors. — The study also shows that the “steady-state” plasma level of DMI, like that of NT, can be predicted accurately from single-dose plasma-level data. Thus, if the kinetic characteristics of one of these drugs in a subject are known, it is possible to predict the plasma kinetics of the other compound.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 5 (1972), S. 44-52 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: alprenolol ; serum drug level ; exercise ; man ; pharmacokinetics
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The effects of alprenolol on heart rate and systolic blood pressure were studied in healthy subjects during standardized exercise on a bicycle ergometer. In one series of experiments, in which serum concentrations of alprenolol were also measured, the effects of single oral doses of 50, 100 and 200 mg of alprenolol and a placebo were compared by a double blind cross-over technique. In a second series of experiments 100 mg alprenolol was given four times in one day and the effect was followed for up to eighteen hours after the last dose. — Alprenolol diminished the expected increase in heart rate and systolic blood pressure during exercise. The reduction of exercise tachycardia in a given individual was linearly related to the logarithm of the dose or the serum concentration of alprenolol. The serum concentrations required for a given reduction of exercise tachycardia varied almost one hundred-fold amongst the subjects studied. The biological availability of alprenolol was dose-dependent, probably due to a limited capacity biotransformation of the drug before it entered the general circulation. After a single dose the serum level of alprenolol and its chronotropic effect diminished at a rate corresponding to an elimination half life of about two hours. This rate of elimination was consistent with that calculated from the results of the four dose study.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 5 (1973), S. 174-180 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: Tricyclic antidepressant ; nortriptyline ; metabolism ; urine ; pharmacokinetics ; twins ; man
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The urinary excretion of nortriptyline (NT) and five of its metabolites was studied by quantitative gas chromatography in 22 twins and 7 unrelated healthy subjects after single (1 mg/kg) and multiple oral doses (0.4 mg/kg t.i.d.) of NT hydrochloride. A mean recovery of 62% of the dose was found after both single and multiple doses. The metabolite pattern in the urine was qualitatively and quantitatively identical in the two regimes, but there were marked variations in the pattern of metabolites between individuals. The disappearance rate of NT from the plasma was mainly determined by the metabolism of NT to 10-hydroxynortriptyline, which varied considerably between individuals. The data suggest that in certain rapid NT metabolizers, the upper limit for the overall clearance of NT from the plasma (if extrahepatic metabolism is assumed to be negligible) might be set by the blood flow through the liver.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 5 (1973), S. 181-185 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: Tricyclic antidepressant ; nortriptyline ; single-dose kinetics ; plasma/blood concentrations ; metabolites ; absorption ; availability ; apparent volume of distribution ; plasma/blood clearances ; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry ; man
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The availability of an orally administered drug may be defined as the fraction of the total dose that enters the blood. Three healthy subjects were given identical doses of nortriptyline hydrochloride (NT-HCl) by the oral and intramuscular routes. The availability was assessed by comparing the total areas under the NT plasma concentration-time curves produced by the two methods of administration. The concentrations of NT in plasma and blood were determined by gas chromatography — mass spectrometry and were found to be almost identical. The observed availability of NT in these subjects ranged between 56 and 70% (mean 64%). The availability predicted from the parenteral plasma levels (assuming an average hepatic blood flow of 1.7 l/min) differed from the observed availability in one subject, perhaps because of the known variation in liver blood flow between individuals. The gastrointestinal absorption of NT-HCl was complete, since the recovery of the main metabolite, 10-hydroxynortriptyline, was the same after the two routes of administration. Pharmacokinetic analysis of the data showed that there might exist interindividual differences in the apparent volume of distribution of NT, (Vd)β. There was no apparent relationship between the variations in availability of NT and “steady-state” plasma levels or the disposition plasma half-lives of the drug. The calculated (Vd)β and (t 1/2)β of NT for each subject were in good agreement with those obtained from a previous study of single oral does of NT.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 51 (1996), S. 259-264 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: Key words Nebivolol ; Hypertension; d ; l-enantiomers ; pharmacokinetics ; man
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Objective: Nebivolol is a selective β1-adrenergic receptor blocker possessing an ancillary vasodilating effect. The objective of the present study was to study the haemodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties of nebivolol 5 mg once daily in a double-blind, placebo-controlled cross-over study. Methods: Fifteen patients, 12 men and 3 women, with essential hypertension were investigated. Blood pressure and peripheral circulation were determined after acute oral nebivolol administration, 5 mg daily, and after 4 weeks treatment. Results: The acute effect on blood pressure upon single-dosing was weak and non-significant. After 4 weeks both systolic blood pressure (152 vs 163 mmHg) and diastolic blood pressure (89 vs 97 mmHg) were significantly reduced after nebivolol treatment as compared to placebo. Following the first dose the venous volume was higher on placebo (5.88 ml ⋅ 100 ml−1 tissue) as compared to active nebivolol treatment (5.17 ml ⋅ 100 ml−1 tissue), while there were no statistically significant differences with regard to venous plethysmographic findings after 1 month on placebo (5.53 ml ⋅ 100 ml−1 tissue) or on active treatment (5.97 ml ⋅ 100 ml−1 tissue). Calculated peripheral resistance did not differ between active treatment (617 units) or placebo (548 units) after the first dose, whereas it was significantly lowered after 4 weeks of nebivolol treatment (483 units) as compared to placebo (593 units). Conclusions: Oral nebivolol 5 mg once daily lowered blood pressure and heart rate during steady state compared to placebo. Moreover, venous volume was reduced during acute but not steady-state dosing, while peripheral resistance was unaffected in the acute phase but reduced during steady state. Plasma concentrations of the separate enantiomers plus hydroxylated metabolites after the first and last dose in hypertensive patients were similar to those in healthy subjects.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 6 (1973), S. 256-260 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: K 4277 ; anti-inflammatory agents ; metabolism ; man ; oral administration
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The fate of the new analgesic and anti-inflammatory agent α-[4-(1-oxo-2-iso-indolinyl)-phenyl]-propionic acid (compound K 4277) in healthy volunteers has been investigated by a radio-isotope method and gas-liquid chromatography. After oral administration, the drug was absorbed rapidly and completely and occurred in plasma mainly as unchanged compound bound extensively to plasma proteins. Its disappearance from plasma followed at least a bi-exponential function and was almost complete in 24 to 48 h. Most of the drug is excreted in urine as a glucuronide and a lesser amount as the unchanged compound. There were only negligible amounts of other metabolites.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 6 (1973), S. 57-60 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: Critical flicker fusion ; phenytoin ; phenobarbitone ; serum drug concentration ; man ; epilepsy
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The central effects of single oral doses of phenobarbitone and phenytoin have been determined in six normal volunteers by measuring the critical flicker fusion threshold (CFF) under double-blind, placebo controlled conditions at intervals of up to 7 h after ingestion of the drug. Blood samples were taken at the same time for estimation of the serum concentration of the drugs by gas chromatography. Phenobarbitone in a dose of 180 mg produced a significant fall in CFF, and the time-course of this change mirrored the time-course of the serum concentration of the drug, which reached a peak of 21.8 µM (5.2 µg/ml) at 1.5 h. Phenytoin in doses of 200 mg, 300 mg and 400 mg produced no significant change in CFF even though an adequate serum concentration of the drug had been achieved (28.8 µM, 7.2 µg/ml, with the 400 mg dose). It was concluded that the two drugs differ in their action on the neural mechanisms tested by this procedure.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 6 (1973), S. 177-180 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: Amphetamine ; drug dependence ; metabolism ; urine ; man
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The metabolism of (+)-[14C] amphetamine has been studied in two women who had been taking 90–100 mg of Dexedrine ((+)amphetamine sulphate; Smith, Kline & French) daily for several years but who showed no evidence of overt amphetamine toxicity. The urinary metabolites were identified, estimated and compared with the results previously obtained from two drug naive male subjects who had received 20 mg of (±)amphetamine (Caldwellet al., (1972b). The same metabolites were found, but the dependent subjects excreted in 24 h more unchanged amphetamine (about 30% of dose) than the naive subjects (20%). This may be a reflection of the dose, which in dependent subjects was five times that of naive subjects. The dependent subjects excreted in 24 h slightly more norephedrine (2.9, 4.1% of dose) and 4′-hydroxynorephedrine (1.1, 1.6%) than the naive subjects (norephedrine, 2.2, 2.6%; 4′-hydroxynorephedrine, 0.3, 0.4%), but the difference in percentage of dose may not be significant. However, in absolute terms the dependent subjects are producing at least five times as much norephedrines as the naive subjects because of the larger dose.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 7 (1974), S. 449-454 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: Methaqualone ; single and multiple dose kinetics ; dose-effect relationship ; sedation ; plasma concentration ; protein binding ; man
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Three healthy subjects took methaqualone (1.0 mg/kg) once daily for 16 days. Equilibrium concentrations in plasma were established after multiple oral doses and there was a linear post-steady state decline in the log plasma concentration of methaqualone. The drug was also given as single oral doses and plasma concentrations were followed for 5 days (t1/2=36 to 38 h.). Sedative effects were studied by psychophysiological tests and subjective ratings both in the single and multiple dose experiments. A significant impairment of flicker fusion discrimination ability occurred during the increase in the plasma concentration of the drug; maximum effects preceded peak plasma concentrations and the impairment disappeared whilst plasma concentrations were still high. The same effects were found in the subjective ratings. The drug was shown to have a possible tremorogenic effect after a hypnotic dose. One subject experienced sedation during the multiple dose experiment, despite the use of a low dose, an observation that should be taken into account, e.g. in car driving.
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    Keywords: Oral antidiabetic drug ; butylbiguanide ; pharmacokinetics ; two-compartment open model ; plasma concentration ; liver concentration ; intestine concentration ; man
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    Notes: Summary 50 mg14C-Butylbiguanide was administered intravenously to 4 diabetic patients and 100 mg14C-butylbiguanide orally to 5 further diabetics. The concentrations of the drug in plasma, intestinal fluid, intestinal epithelium and liver tissue were determined and the renal excretion of the biguanide measured. Irregularities in the plasma concentration curve were observed which appeared as systematic deviations from the ideal curve of a biexponential function. Because these deviations occurred only in the middle phase of the plasma concentration curve, it was nevertheless possible to calculate the pharmacokinetic parameters of butylbiguanide by use of a two-compartment open model. The principal pharmacokinetic parameters were determined according to this model after intravenous dosing and the following mean values were obtained:t 1/2 (β)=4.6 h (β=0.15 h−1),C P 0 =0.85µg/ml,V D =218 l,V T =157 l,V P =62 l,k 12=0.69 h−1,k 21=0.44 h−1,k el =0.54 h−1. Within 48 h after administration, an average of 72.4% of the intravenous and 74.4% of the oral dose had been excreted in the urine. Total clearance (Cl tot) averaged 536 ml/min and renal clearance (Cl ren) 393 ml/min. High concentrations of butylbiguanide were observed in the intestinal fluid (100–700 mg/ml) 20–40 min after oral administration. It was found that the drug accumulates in intestinal fluid, intestinal epithelium and liver tissue, and that it is secreted into the intestinal lumen. The concentrations of butylbiguanide in intestinal and liver tissue were 10–46 times higher than in plasma. The secretion of biguanide into the intestinal lumen may occur via the bile or the intestinal mucosa, but there is no evidence of significant biliary excretion of butylbiguanide.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 8 (1975), S. 97-105 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: Di-n-propylacetate ; 2-propyl-valeric acid sodium salt ; pharmacokinetics ; anti-epileptic ; drug monitoring ; man
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics of the anti-epileptic drug di-n-propylacetate (DepakineR) have been studied in 7 patients, in whom plasma concentrations were determined during and following subchronic treatment. Elimination of the drug appeared to follow a monophasic exponential course; biological half lives were 8 to 15 hours. The data supported the assumption that an open one-compartment model can be used to describe the kinetics of dipropylacetate in man. The drug appeared to have a relatively restricted distribution: calculated relative distribution volumes ranged from 0.15 to 0.40 1/kg. There were large interindividual differences in clearance rate. The therapeutic range was considered to be between 50 and 100 mg/1 plasma. Plasma levels of phenobarbital were markedly raised during treatment with dipropylacetate for an unknown reason. Determination of the plasma concentrations of drugs at accurately fixed times appears to be a reliable method for pharmacotherapeutic monitoring of epileptic patients.
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    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: Sympathetic activity ; plasma catecholamine concentration ; dopamine-β-hydroxylase activity ; graded physical exercise ; heart rate ; man
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    Notes: Summary In 11 healthy untrained volunteers the increase in plasma dopamine-β-hydroxylase (DBH) activity during graded physical exercise has been examined as a true measure of increased activity of the sympathetic nervous system. The correlation between DBH activity, catecholamine concentration (CA) in plasma and heart rate was studied. When work on an electrically braked bicycle ergometer was gradually increased from 12.5 to 100, 200 and 300 watts there was a linear increase in DBH activity and heart rate; the increase in CA concentrations followed an exponential function. The peak values for DBH activity and CA concentration in plasma after the 300 watt work load (as percentages of the resting levels) were 130±3% and 820±71%, respectively; the adrenaline concentration in plasma increased only to 150±19% (p〉0.05). There were significant correlations between heart rate and work load, DBH and work load and log CA and work load. The data imply direct correlations between heart rate and DBH, heart rate and log CA and DBH and log CA. The exponential increase in noradrenaline concentration in plasma might be due either to a greater net “overflow” from sympathetic nerve endings, and/or to increased secretion by the adrenal medulla. In the latter case, the release of noradrenaline would not be accompanied by secretion either of adrenaline or DBH. After work ceased there were sharp falls in heart rate and CA concentration, which indicate an immediate drop in sympathetic activity. DBH activity in plasma returned to normal very slowly; it reached half maximum values after 20 – 22 min. It is concluded that increased sympathetic activity in man can be estimated in vivo as changes in DBH and/or CA concentration in plasma. In contrast, a rapid decrease in sympathetic activity is directly reflected only by a rapid fall in the plasma concentrations of CA.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 8 (1975), S. 33-39 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: m-octopamine ; metabolism ; first-pass effect ; man ; enteric absorption ; monohydroxylated phenylalkylamines
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    Notes: Summary The diminished sympathomimetic pressor activity of monohydroxylated phenylalkylamines after oral administration has been attributed to incomplete enteric absorption. Therefore, urinary excretion of the unchanged drug and its metabolites has been compared after intravenous and oral administration of3H-m-octopamine to eight patients. Identical amounts of3H-activity (80% of the dose) were excreted after the two routes of dosing, so enteric absorption has been assumed to be complete. Significant differences were found in the fraction of free urinarym-octopamine, which amounted to 10.5% of the dose after infusion and 0.58% after oral administration. The only metabolic pathways form-octopamine are deamination and conjugation. Following oral administration the percentage of conjugates was considerably higher than after intravenous infusion. This metabolic pattern appears typical of all phenylalkylamines with a hydroxyl group in themeta position. Ring hydroxylation to catecholamines was not observed. The enzymes mainly responsible for conjugation after oral administration are located in the gut wall. The resulting “first pass effect”, i.e. metabolism prior to the access to the central compartment, can account for the diminished pharmacodynamic effect after dosing by this route.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 8 (1975), S. 161-166 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: Oxyfedrine ; norephedrine ; man ; urinary excretion ; sympathomimetic
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    Notes: Summary After oral administration of oxyfedrine to healthy volunteers, norephedrine was identified in the urine by thin layer chromatography and gas liquid chromatography and mass spectrography. 30 hours after single oral doses of 8, 16 or 24 mg of oxyfedrine, about 4, 8 and 9 mg, respectively, of norephedrine were found in the urine, i.e. on a molar base 75–100% of the dose was excreted as norephedrine. The peak of excretion occurred within 2–4 hours after administration of the drug. No accumulation of oxyfedrine and/or its metabolite was observed after administration of 16 mg of oxyfedrine t.i.d. for three days. It could not be decided whether oxyfedrine was metabolized to norephedrine by liver enzymes, as in rats, or was spontaneously degraded to norephedrine, e.g. in duodenal fluid before absorption. 30–150 min after oral oxyfedrine (24 mg) norephedrine was demonstrable in duodenal fluid. Thus, in addition to the directβ-sympathomimetic effects of oxyfedrine, it may also have indirect sympathomimetic effects because of the noradrenaline-releasing properties of its metabolite norephedrine.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 8 (1975), S. 249-254 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: Clonazepam ; 7-amino-clonazepam ; pharmacokinetics ; side-effects ; man
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    Notes: Summary Clonazepam (CNP) and its principal metabolite in plasma, 7-amino-CNP (ACNP), have been investigated in a prospective study of 27 newly diagnosed epileptics and correlated with specified side-effects. At a daily dose of 6 mg, the average plasma levels of both substances were about 50ng/ml, and individual values ranged from 30 to about 80ng/ml. There was a linear correlation between changes in dose and the resulting plasma levels, which indicates first order elimination kinetics. Side-effects were frequent, but neither their severity nor their occurrence could be related to plasma levels or to the rate of increase in plasma concentration of the drug. Three out of five patients who developed serious dysphoria had significantly high CNP levels. The concentration of ACNP was considerably increased in four patients who subsequently suffered from withdrawal symptoms. Drug interaction with diphenylhydantoin, i.e. decreased CNP level, was observed in all five patients who received both compounds. In general it is not yet possible to define an upper limit for the plasma levels of CNP and ACNP at which toxicity occurs. In patients treated with conventional doses of CNP, measurement of plasma concentration is not required, except in special circumstances, because of the lack of correlation between plasma level and side-effects.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 8 (1975), S. 343-347 
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    Keywords: Nortriptyline ; pharmacokinetics ; man ; two compartment model
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    Notes: Summary Plasma concentrations of nortriptyline have been assayed in four subjects after intravenous infusion of 57 mg nortriptyline hydrochloride. The data were evaluated according to a two compartment open model. The calculated best-fitting curves were in good agreement with the experimental data, better than could be expected from a simpler model. This justifies the assumption that the kinetics of nortriptyline in man may be described by this model with an appropriate input function. The data permitted estimation of all the parameters of the model. The meaning of the parameters is discussed, particularly in relation to individual variation.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 8 (1975), S. 285-285 
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    Keywords: Lithium ; intoxication ; man ; delayed absorption ; gastric contents
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    Notes: Summary A 55-year old man with lithium intoxication showed increasing serum concentrations in spite of forced diuresis and dialysis. A high lithium content was found in gastric juice three days after the compound had been taken. The serum lithium level began to fall after gastric lavage.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 6 (1973), S. 187-190 
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    Keywords: Methaqualone ; single dose kinetics ; plasma concentration ; man
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    Notes: Summary Plasma concentrations of methaqualone were followed for several days after single oral doses in 5 healthy subjects. The analysis of methaqualone was performed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (mass fragmentography). The plasma levels of methaqualone were interpreted according to a two compartment model. The elimination rate of methaqualone was found to be much slower than has been reported previously, half lives in the β-phase ranging from 19.6 to 41.5 h.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 6 (1973), S. 228-233 
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    Keywords: Dopamine-β-hydroxylase ; man ; plasma ; sympathetic activity ; halothane
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    Notes: Summary As an index of sympathetic nervous system activity, the level of dopamine-β-hydroxylase (DBH) in plasma was measured in 82 children, mean age 6±0.3 years, before and during halothane anaesthesia. Plasma DBH fell markedly in 50% of cases irrespective of the anaesthetic technique, i.e. halothane with or without nitrous oxide, and with or without premedication by pethidine and/or atropine; enzyme activity was unchanged in 25% of the children; and in the remaining 25%, DBH activity increased. The heart rate fell significantly in cases in whom DBH activity was lowered, and it remained almost unchanged, when DBH rose during anaesthesia. A fall in plasma DBH activity during anaesthesia was found particularly in children who appeared excited and anxious before anaesthesia; enhanced preanaesthetic sympathetic tone in this group was indicated by plasma DBH activities and heart rates higher than in the other groups. It is concluded that halothane may not only reduce elevated sympathetic activity, but also in most cases may oppose sympathetic counter-regulation which should occur in reponse to its direct cardiovascular depressant effect.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 8 (1975), S. 277-282 
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    Keywords: QX-572 ; quaternary ammonium compound ; plasma level ; urinary excretion ; man ; anti-arrhythmic drug
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    Notes: Summary A quantitative thin layer chromatographic (TLC) method has been developed for determination of the antiarrhythmic quaternary ammonium compound N, N-bis (phenylcarbamoylmethyl) dimethylammonium chloride (QX-572) in biological materials. Prior to chromatography QX-572 was transferred into chloroform as perchlorate by ion pair extraction. Tritium-labelled QX-572 was used as the internal standard and a TLC scanning spectrophotometer equipped with a linear detector system afforded the required accuracy, specificity and simplicity. The method was used to determine QX-572 in plasma from 11 patients with various cardiac diseases who received QX-572 8 mg/kg body wt. as an intravenous infusion over 30 min. There was a rapid initial decay of the plasma levels from 11.0±1.1 µg/ml (mean ± SE) at the end of infusion to 3.5±0.5 µg/ml after 30 min. 240 min after commencement of the infusion the plasma level was 0.7±0.1 µg/ml. In these patients 22±2% (mean±SE) of the total administered dose of QX-572 was excreted unchanged in urine during the 24 hours following infusion of the drug. A second group of 28 patients with acute myocardial infarction also received QX-572 8 mg/kg body wt. Their plasma levels did not differ significantly from those found in the first group of patients. There was a poor correlation between the amount of QX-572 administered and plasma level at the end of the infusion. The study has provided some preliminary data about the pharmacokinetics of QX-572, but before a detailed analysis can be done data from longer periods of observation is required. The present results suggest that in future QX-572 can be administered in a standardized dosage, what would be advantageous in practice.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 9 (1975), S. 135-145 
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    Keywords: Anturan® ; 14C-label ; man ; pharmacokinetics ; biotransformation ; C-glucuronidation
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    Notes: Summary The absorption, biotransformation and elimination of sulfinpyrazone, 1,2-diphenyl-3,5-dioxo-4-(2′-phenylsufinylethyl)-pyrazolidine, have been studied by administration of single 200 mg oral doses of a14C-labelled preparation to two male volunteers. Absorption from the gastro-intestinal tract was rapid and complete and the plasma concentration of unchanged drug reached maximum values of 22.67 and 13.04 µg/ml, respectively, after 1 – 2 hours. The elimination half-life in the two subjects, calculated from the decline between 3 and 8 hours, was 2.7 and 2.2 hours. The integrated concentration of unchanged sulfinpyrazone in plasma, estimated from the area under the concentration curves (AUC), was almost as high as that of total14C-substances, so the proportion of metabolized drug in plasma was low. In no case did the AUC of the three specifically determined metabolites, i.e. the sulphone G 31 442, the “para-hydroxy”-compound G 32 642 and the “4-hydroxy”-compound GP 52 097, exceed 4% of the sulfinpyrazone value. More than 95% of whole blood radioactivity was confined to plasma. The oral dose was rapidly and completely excreted, since within 4 days more than 95% was recovered, 85% from urine and 10% from faeces. A large proportion of the dose was excreted as unchanged drug in the two volunteers: 51 and 54% of total urinary radioactivity was present as sulfinpyrazone; 8.2 and 8.8% was present as “para-hydroxy”-metabolite, 2.7 and 3.0% as sulphone-metabolite, and 0.6 and 0.8% as “4-hydroxy”-metabolite. About 30% of urinary radioactivity consisted of highly polar metabolites. Spectroscopy of them showed that they were the C-β-glucuronides of sulfinpyrazone (28%) and the corresponding sulfone (2%). In these metabolites the C(4) of the pyrazolidine ring was directly attached to glucuronic acid, and thus they represent a new type of biosynthetic conjugate.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 9 (1975), S. 155-159 
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    Keywords: Anticonvulsants ; benzazepines ; clonazepam ; pharmacokinetics ; gas chromatography ; man
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    Notes: Summary Eight healthy volunteers were given single i.v. and oral doses of clonazepam (2 mg). The disposition curves after i.v. administration showed a biexponential decline and the data were applied to a two-compartment open model. The volume of distribution ((Vd)β) ranged between 1.5 and 4.4 l/kg and the plasma half-life (t1/2) between 19 and 60 hours. Absorption after oral administration was fast, with peak plasma concentrations within 4 hours in all subjects. Five of the subjects received repeated oral doses of clonazepam 0.5 mg bid for 15 days. The plasma level during steady state (estimated as Cmin within the dose interval) could be predicted from the constants A, B, α and β obtained in the single dose study with a coefficient of variation of 6%. The plasma half-lives after cessation of the subchronic dosing were of the same magnitude as after single doses.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 9 (1975), S. 193-198 
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    Keywords: (−)-[14C]-ephedrine ; metabolism ; urinary excretion ; tolerance ; man
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    Notes: Summary The metabolic fate of orally administered (−)-[14C]-ephedrine has been studied in 3 human subjects and the urinary excretion of metabolites determined quantitatively by solvent extraction, paper chromatography and reverse isotope dilution procedures. Following an oral dose of the drug (0.35 mg/kg, 1.6 µCi), 97% of the dose was excreted in the urine within 48 h, 88% in the first 24 h. Unchanged drug was the major urinary excretory product (53–74%), with N-demethylation occurring to a variable extent (8–20%) although there was little interindividual variation in urine pH. Oxidative deamination was also variable (4–13%); the main identified products of this were benzoic acid (free and conjugated) and 1,2-dihydroxy-1-phenylpropane (free and conjugated). No phenolic metabolites could be detected, and thus it would appear that these compounds cannot be implicated in the acquisition of tolerance to ephedrine which can occur on repeated dosage.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 9 (1975), S. 219-227 
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    Keywords: Rifampicin ; induction of drug metabolism ; hexobarbital kinetics ; tolbutamide kinetics ; plasma concentrations ; man
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    Notes: Summary Five healthy volunteers took 1.2 g rifampicin daily for 8 days, and before and afterwards each received hexobarbital (7.32 mg/kg) and tolbutamide (20 mg/kg) by i.v. infusion on two consecutive days. The plasma concentrations of the two drugs were determined during and after infusion. The average elimination half-life of hexobarbital had decreased from 325 to 122 min and of tolbutamide from 418 to 183 min following rifampicin treatment. It was calculated that the metabolic clearance of hexobarbital had increased about three-fold and that of tolbutamide more than two-fold. Significant changes in the distribution kinetics of the two drugs were not observed. The results suggest that rifampicin is capable of inducing drug metabolism in man, which leads to an increased rate of elimination of drugs that undergo biotransformation in the liver.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 9 (1975), S. 229-234 
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    Keywords: Quercetin ; flavonoids ; pharmacokinetics ; absorption ; disposition ; metabolism ; man
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    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics of quercetin, a flavonoid, have been studied in 6 volunteers after single intravenous (100 mg) and oral (4 g) doses. The data after iv administration were analyzed according to a two compartment open model with half lives of 8.8±1.2 min for the α phase and 2.4±0.2 h for the β phase (predominant half life), respectively. Protein binding was 〉98%. The apparent volume of distribution was small at 0.34±0.03 l/kg. Of the intravenous dose 7.4±1.2% was excreted in urine as a conjugated metabolite, and 0.65±0.1% was excreted unchanged. After oral administration no measurable plasma concentrations could be detected, nor was any quercetin found in urine, either unchanged or in a metabolized form. These results exclude absorption of more than 1% of unchanged drug. Recovery in faeces after the oral dose was 53±5%, which suggests extensive degradation by microorganisms in the gut. The data obtained show that oral administration of flavonoids may be of questionable value.
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    Keywords: Aldosterone ; renin ; aldosterone antagonist ; canrenone ; man
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    Notes: Summary Canrenone was administered in doses of 2×82 mg and 2×164 mg per day over a period of 10 days to diabetic patients without cardiovascular, liver or kidney involvement. Aldosterone excretion and plasma aldosterone increased only slightly during both regimes. There was a clear-cut increase in aldosterone excretion only after discontinuation of carenone. Excretion of sodium potassium and fluid was not significantly changed either during or after treatment. The lack of effect of canrenone on the kidney was in contrast to the significant decrease in serum sodium and increase in serum potassium, and the significant, dose-dependent rise in plasma renin activity following canrenone administration. The increased plasma renin activity persisted for some days after discontinuation of canrenone. It is suggested that canrenone primarily exerted its effect in the distal part of the large intestine where ionic movements are most affected by aldosterone. The disproportionately slight increase in plasma aldosterone concentration and aldosterone excretion, in spite of the greatly elevated plasma renin activity and serum potassium level, is considered to be due to a direct inhibitory effect of canrenone on aldosterone production in the adrenals.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 9 (1976), S. 291-298 
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    Keywords: Tricyclic antidepresent ; lofepramine ; single- and multiple-dose kinetics ; noradrenaline and 5-hydroxytryptamine uptake ; man
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    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics of lofepramine, an imipramine analogue, have been studied by administering single oral doses to volunteers, determination of plasma levels of lofepramine and desmethylimipramine after ten days of oral administration to patients, and by relating plasma levels to the effect on uptake of noradrenaline by isolated rat irides and brain slices of plasma samples collected during treatment. The results indicate that lofepramine undergoes pronounced first pass elimination and that desmethylimipramine is a major metabolite of it. During steady-state conditions the plasma level of lofepramine fluctuates considerably between doses. A linear relation was found between inhibition of neuronal uptake of noradrenaline and the plasma concentration of desmethylimpramine. No effect was seen on the uptake of 5-hydroxytryptamine in brain slices incubated in patients' plasma which suggests that neither lofepramine nor its metabolites formedin vivo in man affect neuronal uptake of this amine. Lofepramine belongs to the group of tricyclic anti-depressants which preferentially inhibit noradrenaline uptake.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 9 (1976), S. 307-314 
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    Keywords: Absorption ; man ; β-methyl-digoxin ; serum concentration ; urinary excretion ; radio-immunoassay
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    Notes: Summary Single doses of β-methyl-digoxin 0.4 mg were given to groups of 17 – 18 healthy volunteers as an intravenous infusion lasting 2 hours, or orally as Lanitop Liquidum® or Lanitop® tablets. The serum glycoside concentration and urinary glycoside excretion were measured over 8 and 32 h. The absolute bioavailability from the oral preparations in comparison with the infusion was lower for the first 8 h than for the entire 32 h of the investigation; the relative bioavailability from tablets was the same as from the solution for both periods. For both periods the area under the serum concentration/time curve and the urinary glycoside excretion were significantly lower after administration of the tablets than after intravenous infusion. Taking the average of both parameters, the absolute bioavailability of β-methyl-digoxin was about 80% from the solution and about 70% from the tablets. In 18 patients undergoing intravenous or oral therapy with β-methyl-digoxin steady state glycoside concentrations were compared in a cross-over study of intravenous maintenance therapy with Lanitop® ampoules or oral treatment with Lanitop® tablets. For a standard daily dose of 0.2 mg β-methyl-digoxin the serum concentrations were 1.35±0.10 ng/ml during both intravenous and oral administration. The intra-individual variation in glycoside concentration after changing from intravenous to oral maintenance therapy, or vice versa, was about the same as during continued intravenous or oral administration. It is concluded that the rate of rise of serum concentration after a single dose may be a useful indicator of the rate of absorption, but that the area under the serum concentration/time curve and the urinary glycoside excretion up to 32 h are unsuitable for determining equivalent doses of different formulations or routes of administration of digitalis glycosides.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 9 (1976), S. 345-354 
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    Keywords: 3H-digitoxin ; metabolism ; spironolactone ; enzyme induction ; man
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    Notes: Summary The effect of spironolactone on the metabolism of intravenously administered3H-digitoxin (80 µCi) was investigated in eight patients. In three of them the labelled glycoside was given on a second occasion after spironolactone treatment had been discontinued for at least 65 days. Of total urinary radioactivity 79 % was unaltered drug and 12 % consisted of water soluble compounds. No digitoxigenin or digoxigenin and only trace amounts (〈2 %) of digoxin and the bis- and monoglycosides of digoxigenin were found. After spironolactone total urinary radioactivity was unchanged but the fraction eliminated as unchanged digitoxin fell from 79 to 66 % and the water soluble compounds increased from 12 to 26 % (p〈0.05). In addition spironolactone caused a 20 % reduction in the half-life of serum radioactivity (p〈0.01) and a 16 % reduction in the volume of distribution (p〈0.05). Induction of hepatic enzymes by spironolactone is proposed to explain the alteration in the metabolism of digitoxin in man. Both the altered metabolic pattern and the reduction in the volume of distribution appear to contribute to the reduction in half-life.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 9 (1976), S. 423-428 
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    Keywords: Serum zinc concentration ; intestinal absorption ; portal vein ; transumbilical catheterization ; man
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    Notes: Summary Serum zinc concentrations in peripheral venous blood were determined in 8 healthy volunteers at various times after oral administration of 50 mg Zn++. The same dose was given to 6 patients surgically treated for obesity by jejuno-ileostomy. In the healthy volunteers the mean serum zinc concentration before dosing was 0.89 µg/ml and a mean peak concentration of 2.39 µg/ml was found after 3 h. In the patients the starting level was lower, 0.67 µg/ml, and a mean peak concentration of 1.31 µg/ml was found 90 min after treatment. In the patients the areas under the serum concentration-time curve was approximately 1/3 of that in the healthy subjects. Zn++ 50 mg was also given to 3 patients undergoing transumbilical catheterization of the portal vein for diagnostic purposes and serum zinc concentrations were measured in portal and peripheral venous blood sampled simultaneously. No significant differences were found between the concentration of zinc in portal and peripheral venous blood during absorption, which suggests slow passage of zinc across the intestinal wall.
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    Keywords: Budesonide ; liver ; man ; sulphotransferase ; testosterone ; drug metabolism
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    Notes: Abstract Budesonide, a corticosteroid used in the treatment of asthma and allergic reactions, is almost entirely cleared by metabolism in man. We describe the sulphation of budesonide in human liver and lung and provide evidences that the sulphation of budesonide is catalysed by testosterone sulphotransferase. A rapid and reproducible radiometric assay for budesonide sulphotransferase is described. Liver specimens were obtained from 35 men and 65 women and lung specimens from 2 women and 17 men. The average hepatic budesonide sulphation rate was significantly higher in men (41.1 pmol·min−1·ml−1) than women (28.2 pmol·min−1·mg−1). In the lung, the mean budesonide sulphation rate was 5.0 pmol·min−1·mg−1. Testosterone strongly inhibited the hepatic sulphation of budesonide, whereas p-nitrophenol and dopamine were poor inhibitors; the IC50 was 7.0 uM (testosterone), 320 uM (p-nitrophenol) and 510 uM (dopamine). The hepatic rates of testosterone, p-nitrophenol and dopamine sulphation were measured in the same samples assayed for budesonide sulphotransferase. There was a correlation between the hepatic rates of budesonide and testosterone sulphation (P〈0.001; r=0.810). The activity of testosterone sulphotransferase was significantly greater in men than women (22.0 vs. 17.2 pmol·min−1·mg−1), wheres those of dopamine and p-nitrophenol sulphotransferase were not sex dependent. The hepatic activity of budesonide sulphotransferase parallels that of testosterone suggesting that sulphation is an important reaction in the metabolism of budesonide.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 5 (1973), S. 236-238 
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    Keywords: Activated charcoal ; tricyclic antidepressant ; nortriptyline ; intoxication ; man
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    Notes: Summary Six healthy volunteers were given nortriptyline (NT) in doses of 0.86–1.00 mg/kg. There was a significant (P〈0.05) decrease in absorption of the drug if 5 g of activated charcoal was administered half an hour afterwards.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 7 (1974), S. 357-360 
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    Keywords: Tetracycline absorption ; iron salts ; drug absorption ; man
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    Notes: Summary The inhibitory effect of various iron salts, all containing 40 mg elemental iron, on the absorption of tetracycline (500 mg) administered simultaneously has been compared in a double-blind cross-over study in 6 healthy human volunteers. On the basis of changes in peak serum tetracycline concentration, area under individual serum tetracycline concentration-time curves and urinary excretion of tetracycline, the following order of inhibition of tetracycline absorption was found: ferrous sulphate 〉 ferrous fumarate, ferrous succinate, ferrous gluconate 〉 ferrous tartrate 〉 ferric sodium edetate. Thus, in addition to different pharmaceutical properties of iron tablets or capsules, the type of iron salt used may significantly influence the absorption of simultaneously ingested tetracycline.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 7 (1974), S. 375-380 
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    Keywords: Tranexamic acid ; pharmacokinetics ; man ; antifibrinolytic agents ; renal clearance ; two-compartment model
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    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics of tranexamic acid has been investigated in two healthy volunteers. The behaviour of the drug can be described in terms of a two compartment open model; the disposition (biological) half-life was 2.7 h and 1.9 h, respectively. In five normal volunteers the mean total recovery in urine 48 h after dosing was 94.8%. The renal clearance in the two subjects, adjusted to 1.73 m2 body surface area, was 135 and 132 ml/min/1.73 m2, respectively, indicating that tranexamic acid is eliminated by glomerular filtration and that neither tubular excretion nor absorption takes place.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 7 (1974), S. 81-86 
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    Keywords: Phenytoin ; single- and multiple dose pharmacokinetics ; dose-dependent kinetics ; bioavailability ; plasma concentration ; man
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    Notes: Summary Plasma concentration of phenytoin (diphenylhydantoin, DPH) have been studied in 5 volunteers after single oral and iv doses (5.0 mg sodium DPH/kg), and after multiple oral doses (2.0 mg sodium DPH/kg b.i.d. for 12 days). The data were analysed according to a one compartment model. The plasma half-life was 14.5 h±1.2 S.D. after i.v. administration, its apparent volume of distribution varied little (0.52 l/kg±0.04) and its bioavailability ranged between 0.70 and 1.0 (mean 0.87). After oral administration peak plasma concentrations were reached in 4 to 12 h. Elimination curves were slightly convex, probably due to an effect of slow absorption. Steady-state plasma levels varied twofold between individuals after multiple oral doses and exceeded those predicted from the single i.v. dose by 29 to 77%. The discrepancy was considered to be due to transition to dose-dependent kinetics.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 7 (1974), S. 213-216 
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    Keywords: Ergot alkaloids ; ergotamine ; caffeine ; tritium label ; intestinal absorption ; man
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    Notes: Summary Plasma and urinary radioactivity were measured in 6 normal volunteers after oral intake of3H-labelled ergotamine tartrate, either alone or combined 1:100 with caffeine. Plasma level and cumulative urinary excretion were higher after the combination than after ergotamine alone and the difference was significant at certain times. A detectable plasma level was reached 30 min after taking the combination but only 1 h after ergotamine alone. These results indicate faster and more complete intestinal absorption of ergotamine administered in combination with caffeine.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 7 (1974), S. 253-257 
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    Keywords: Ajmaline ; haemodynamics ; man ; digitalis ; bundle branch block ; ECG
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    Notes: Summary The haemodynamic effects of ajmaline have been studied in eleven patients during diagnostic cardiac catheterisation. Single doses of 50 mg were injected intravenously during two minute periods and brachial and pulmonary artery pressures, cardiac output, stroke volume, heart rate, peripheral vascular resistance and the E. C. G. were recorded continuously. Serum concentrations of ajmaline were also determined. No significant haemodynamic effects were observed, except a reduction in systolic arterial pressure during the first five minutes and a slight increase in heart rate. QRS-complexes became wider in all subjects and bundle branch block occurred in three of them who had been digitalized. It was concluded that ajmaline had no marked unfavourable haemodynamic effects in the dose used. However, until further experience has been gained, ajmaline should be used with caution in digitalized patients and in those with impaired intra-cardiac conduction.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 8 (1975), S. 227-231 
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    Keywords: Dixyrazine ; methaqualone ; etodroxizine ; Isonox® ; sleep stages ; man
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    Notes: Summary Whole night EEG and polygraphic recordings were made in ten young, healthy, male volunteers after dixyrazine (12.5 mg, 25 mg, 50 mg), methaqualone (250 mg) and Isonox® (methaqualone 250 mg + etodroxizine 50 mg). A total of 156 recording nights (36 adaptation nights were not included in the analyses) were scored for different sleep stages according to accepted criteria. The smallest dose of dixyrazine (12.5 mg) had no significant effect upon sleep pattern: the larger doses (25 mg and 50 mg) caused significant decreases in REM-sleep during the first nights of administration. The decrease disappeared during the following two nights of treatment. No withdrawal effects were seen. Methaqualone also caused moderate depression of REM-sleep during the first night of treatment, and this effect, too, disappeared during prolonged administration. Isonox® (methaqualone + etodroxizine) had a somewhat stronger surpressive effect upon REM-sleep than methaqualone alone.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 7 (1974), S. 263-268 
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    Keywords: β-adrenoceptors ; subcutaneous administration ; isoprenaline ; salbutamol ; terbutaline ; man
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    Notes: Summary The selectivity of salbutamol 250 and 500 µg and terbutaline 250 and 500 µg compared with isoprenaline when administered subcutaneously has been investigated in 6 human volunteers who showed consistant bronchospasm when challenged with histamine by nebulizer. Changes in heart rate, forearm blood flow, tremor and F.E. V.1 were recorded and subjected to analysis of variance. Measurements were made at a fixed time interval after administration of active drugs or placebo and compared with pre-drug baseline recordings. The study was performed double-blind. A statistically significant difference was observed when all active drugs were compared with placebo, in the parameters of heart rate, F.E.V.1 and tremor. However, when the active drugs were compared with each other, no statistically significant difference was observed.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 7 (1974), S. 415-419 
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    Keywords: Impulsin ; non-specific resistance ; acute respiratory tract infections ; man
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    Notes: Summary Two large scale, double-blind field trials were conducted to test the efficacy of Impulsin (N-2-hydroxyethyl palmitamide) in reducing the incidence and severity of respiratory tract infections. The results suggested that repeated daily intake of Impulsin 30 mg per kg helped to prevent virus infections of the respiratory tract, since it produced a statistically significant reduction in the incidence of illness. Prophylactic treatment with Impulsin markedly diminished the number of episodes of fever, headache and sore throat, whilst catarrhal symptoms were much less affected. The administration of Impulsin had no effect on the mean duration of disability and fever, which suggests that the severity of the diseases was not affected.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 8 (1975), S. 91-96 
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    Keywords: Carbamazepine ; pharmacokinetics ; man ; diphenylhydantoin ; phenobarbital ; plasma binding
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    Notes: Summary Carbamazepine (2.7–3 mg/kg) was administered orally as an alcoholic solution (50% v/v) to eight healthy volunteers. Two of the subjects were also given 50 mg and 100 mg of carbamazepine in alcoholic solution and 200 mg as a tablet. Plasma concentrations, which were analysed by mass fragmentography, reached a maximum 1 – 7 hours after dosing, and then declined monoexponentially with half-lives ranging from 24 to 46 hours. The half-lives were independent of dose. The apparent distribution volume ranged from 0.79 to 1.40 l/kg. It was found that 72% of carbamazepine was bound to plasma proteins with little interindividual variation, and this was not influenced by the presence of diphenylhydantoin or phenobarbital in therapeutic concentrations. The pharmacokinetic parameters calculated from single oral doses were used to predict the steady-state plasma concentration expected after treatment with multiple doses of 200 mg three times daily. The predicted steady-state concentration was 2 – 3 times higher than that reported in patients undergoing chronic treatment with carbamazepine at this dose level, i.e. the pharmacokinetics of carbamazepine apparently change during multiple dosing.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 8 (1975), S. 167-173 
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    Keywords: Disopyramide ; haemodynamic effect ; negative inotropic effect ; anticholinergic effect ; hear failure ; man
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    Notes: Summary The haemodynamic effects of disopyramide have been studied in 11 patients with manifest or imminent heart failure. Disopyramide, 2 mg per kg body weight, was given intravenously during right and left heart catheterisation. The cardiac index decreased by an average of 28% (p〈0.01); mean maximal left and right ventricular end-diastolic pressures were increased by 5.0±0.9 mm Hg (〈0.01) and 5.0±0.6 mm Hg (p〈0.05), respectively; and left ventricular systolic pressure fell slightly but significantly (p〈0.05). No significant change in right ventricular systolic pressure was seen. Pulmonary wedge pressure rose on average by 2.7 mm Hg (p〈0.05). No significant change in heart rate was observed in 5 patients with sinus rhythm. In 6 patients with atrial fibrillation, there was a significant (p〈0.01) increase in heart rate; the average increase in heart rate for the entire group was 19,6 heats per minute. The maximum effect on all the parameters occurred 7–11 minutes after the injection, and it gradually subsided during the following 10 minutes. It was concluded that disopyramide had a potentially serious myocardial depressant effect.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 8 (1975), S. 353-357 
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    Keywords: Chlormethiazole ; pharmacokinetics ; man ; plasma levels ; gas-liquid chromatography
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    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics of chlormethiazole have been studied in six healthy volunteers following an intravenous infusion of the drug. The log. plasma concentration-time curve of chlormethiazole after cessation of the infusion was found to be curvilinear and was fitted therefore, by a bi-exponential equation computed by non-linear least squares regression analysis. Half-lives for the inital α-phase (0.54±0.05 h) and the terminal β-phase (4.05 ±0.60 h) were calculated together with other pharmacokinetic parameters of the two compartment open model. An explanation for the discrepancy between the presently reported plasma half-lives and those appearing in the literature has been presented. The pharmacokinetic treatment of the plasma concentration-time data obtained following intravenous infusion also enabled the prediction that the maximal systemic availability of an orally administered dose of chlormethiazole would be of the order of 15%.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 8 (1975), S. 371-376 
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    Keywords: Digoxin ; bioavailability ; plasma levels ; cumulative urinary excretion ; particle size ; man
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    Notes: Summary Various brands of digoxin tablets, and even different batches of one brand, may differ greatly in bioavailability. Digoxin-Sandoz® tablets have been compared with Lanoxin® manufactured between 1969 and 1972 and after May 1972. Comparisons were also made between and within batches of Digoxin-Sandoz tablets. Three separate cross-over studies were conducted involving a total of 20 volunteers. Digoxin-Sandoz tablets were shown to have a constant bioavailability and to produce plasma concentrations very similar to “new” Lanoxin. Storage for 2 years of one batch of Digoxin-Sandoz did not alter the bioavailability. Particle size was shown to influence bioavailability. Care should be exercised when plasma data alone are interpreted as an index of bioavailability. Measures of bioavailability based on plasma data obtained up to 6 h after administration differed from those based on cumulative urinary excretion data (in this study by a factor of about 2), which can lead to the belief that a difference in bioavailability is much greater than is actually the case. Data from cumulative urinary excretion, collected over a sufficiently long period of time, are likely to be the most reliable method for determining the bioavailability of a substance such as digoxin.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 8 (1975), S. 421-425 
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    Keywords: Proscillaridin ; enteric-coated tablets ; plasma levels ; urine excretion ; 86Rb-erythrocyte assay ; man
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    Notes: Summary The plasma concentration of proscillaridin was measured by a modified86Rd method during treatment with multiple doses of a commercial preparation of proscillaridin. Despite high doses, very low plasma levels were found, and there were only minute amounts of glycoside activity in urine and faeces. Administration of an enteric-coated proscillaridin preparation gave higher plasma levels, which raises the possibility of inactivation of the glycoside by acid gastric juice. The results suggest that proscillaridin has low biological availability when given orally, and that it is extensively metabolised in the body.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 3 (1971), S. 106-112 
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    Keywords: Probenecid ; probenecid acyl glucuronide ; sulfinpyrazone ; renal ; man ; metabolism
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    Notes: Summary The metabolism of probenecid has been investigated in both normal and gouty subjects. To carry out these studies, specific spectrophotometric methods were developed for the measurement of a major metabolite of probenecid, the acyl glucuronide. This conjugate was isolated in semi-pure state and its identity as a mono acyl glucuronide established. Our experiments indicate that about 25% of probenecid is converted to its acyl glucuronide and that only a small amount of the drug is excreted unchanged. About 80% of orally administered14C probenecid could be accounted for in urine, and about half of this was found to consist of metabolites more polar than the parent drug. The renal clearance of probenecid acyl glucuronide was shown to be about 1/3 that of creatinine clearance, whereas the clearance of probenecid was lower. The present findings in man and those of other workers in animals, raise the important question of the possible contribution of these metabolites to the overall pharmacological effects resulting from the administration of probenecid.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 4 (1972), S. 201-205 
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    Keywords: Tricyclic antidepressant ; nortriptyline ; metabolism ; stereospecific hydroxylation ; plasma kinetics ; man
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    Notes: Summary Thecis andtrans isomers of 10-hydroxynortriptyline (10-OH-NT), the major metabolite of nortriptyline (NT) in man, have been separated and quantitated in urine from 6 healthy volunteers who received NT orally, 0.4 mg/kg body weight, three times daily. The isomers were separated by preparative thin layer chromatography and quantitatively determined by gas chromatography as the 10,11-dehydronortriptyline heptafluorobutyryl derivative. The structure of these derivatives producedin vitro was confirmed by gas chromatography — mass spectrometry. Less than 1% of totally excreted 10-OH-NT was accounted for as 10,11-dehydronortriptyline. — Despite interindividual differences in the mean steady-state plasma concentration of NT, the ratio between the two isomers was constant in all subjects (1:4–5). The isomers were both optically active and circular dichroism spectra showed that the asymmetric carbon atoms in the two compounds have different configurations. — It is concluded that NT undergoes stereospecific hydroxylation in man and that there is no correlation between the mean steady-state plasma concentration of NT and the proportion of thecis andtrans isomers formed.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 10 (1976), S. 251-256 
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    Keywords: Sisomicin ; pharmacokinetics ; bioavailability ; two-compartment analysis ; man
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    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics of sisomicin, a new single component aminoglycoside antibiotic related to gentamicin c1a, were determined in four healthy volunteers after intravenous and intramuscular administration of a 1 mg/kg dose. The elimination profile of this antibiotic follows two-compartment model kinetics after I.V. administration. The fast (α) and slow (β) disposition rate constants averaged 0.072 and 0.004 min−1, respectively. The volume of distribution at the steady-state averaged 0.185 liters/kg which approximately corresponds to the volume of extracellular space. The physiological availability of an intramuscular dose appeared to be complete. A method of administration adapted to the kinetic properties of the drug is proposed.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 11 (1977), S. 141-147 
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    Keywords: Phenothiazine ; thioridazine ; plasma level ; metabolic pattern ; half life ; man ; schizophrenia
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    Notes: Summary Plasma-levels of thioridazine, mesoridazine, sulphoridazine and two other metabolites were determined in ten older chronic psychotic patients on thioridazine therapy. The plasma-level before the morning dose of thioridazine was the most reliable parameter for clinical studies. An intra-individual relationship between lower doses of thioridazine and plasma-levels was found. The percentage contribution of psychoactive compounds to the total sum of “thioridazine plus metabolites” ranged from 43–74%. The mean “early disappearance half-life” of thioridazine was 5 hours, and its mean “late disapperance half-life” was 26 hours.
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    Keywords: cyproheptadine ; metergoline ; glucose tolerance ; insulin secretion ; chemical diabetes ; man
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    Notes: Summary The effects of short-term treatment with either placebo or two serotonin antagonists, cyproheptadine and metergoline, on oral glucose tolerance and insulin secretion have been evaluated in normal subjects and in patients with chemical diabetes. Placebo treatment was not associated with any significant change in the parameters examined. Glucose tolerance in chemical diabetics was significantly improved both after cyproheptadine and metergoline; fasting plasma glucose was also reduced by metergoline. Treatment with the latter drug was also associated with a significant decrease in incremental glucose area in healthy subjects, which was not affected by cyproheptadine. Basal and glucose-stimulated insulin secretion were not affected by either drug in any subjects. Cyproheptadine and metergoline improve glucose metabolism in chemical diabetes probably by reducing insulin resistance. This may depend either on decreased secretion of counter-regulatory hormones or on a direct pharmacological action of the drugs on glucose utilization, possibly mediated by their common antiserotoninergic properties.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 18 (1980), S. 339-345 
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    Keywords: buprenorphine ; radioimmunoassay ; specificity ; plasma level ; dog ; man
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    Notes: Summary Antisera to buprenorphine were obtained in rabbits immunised with 3-0-carboxymethylbuprenorphine and N-hemisuccinyl-norbuprenorphine conjugated to obvine serum albumin. Using the latter antiserum and tritium labelled buprenorphine a radioimmunoassay having good accuracy and precision was developed for concentrations as low as 50 picograms in 1 ml of plasma. The N-hemisuccinyl antiserum crossreacted with norbuprenorphine, and the 3-0-glucuronide conjugate with the 3-0-carboxymethyl antiserum. Cross-reactivity of both antisera to other pharmacologically related compounds was negligible. The assay was employed to determine plasma buprenorphine concentration following its parenteral administration to dog and man.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 18 (1980), S. 185-187 
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    Keywords: cimetidine ; microsomal drug metabolism ; man ; interaction ; liver microsomes ; antipyrine kinetics
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    Notes: Summary The effect of cimetidine on human microsomal drug metabolism was studied. In five of six healthy volunteers therapeutic doses of cimetidine prolonged the half-life of antipyrine (range 12–37%; p〈0.05). Its clearance was decreased in five subjects (range 2–18%) and was increased in one subject (15%), the changes not being statistically significant. The volume of distribution increased on average by about 14% (range 9–19%; p〈0.001). Cimetidine in vitro inhibited the hydroxylation of benzo(a)pyrene and coumarin, as well as the O-deethylation of 7-ethoxycoumarin, by homogenised liver biopsies. The in vitro studies suggest that the effect of cimetidine on antipyrine elimination is due to inhibition of microsomal drug metabolism, which may prove an important drug interaction.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 21 (1982), S. 343-350 
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    Keywords: orphenadrine ; single dose ; multiple doses ; bioavailability ; pharmacokinetics ; N-demethylorphenadrine ; metabolism ; dog ; man
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    Notes: Summary Plasma concentrations of orphenadrine were measured by a specific gaschromatographic method in 5 healthy male volunteers after a single oral dose of orphenadrine hydrochloride 100mg. The single dose pharmacokinetic profile of orphenadrine was evaluated from these data. The elimination half-life ranged from 13.2–20.1 h after the commercial tablet formulation. Plasma concentrations, determined in volunteers and patients under different conditions of repeated oral administration of the same formulation of orphenadrine hydrochloride exceeded the theoretical values, predicted from the single dose pharmacokinetics, by a factor 2 to 3. The elimination half-lives after discontinuation of treatment showed a 2 to 3-fold increase over the single dose values. This demonstrates a clear discrepancy between the multiple and single dose pharmacokinetics of orphenadrine. Experiments in dogs suggested competition for biotransformation between orphenadrine and its metabolite N-demethylorphenadrine. Product inhibition of this type could explain the observed discrepancy.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 24 (1983), S. 615-621 
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    Keywords: amitriptyline ; biotransformation ; tricyclic antidepressants ; depression ; alcoholism ; man
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    Notes: Summary The biotransformation of amitriptyline (AMT) during steady state conditions was studied in plasma and urine from 11 nonalcoholic and 10 alcoholic depressive inpatients treated with oral AMT. The 2 groups of patients had a different pattern of biotransformation. The Demethylation of AMT was lower in alcoholic than in nonalcoholic depressive patients, and conjugation and hydroxylation of AMT were also more marked in the former group. The results may be of clinical relevance since the conjugates of AMT are inactive.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 26 (1984), S. 699-705 
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    Keywords: dihydroergotamine metabolites ; man ; mammals ; pharmacological action ; venoconstriction ; varicose veins
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    Notes: Summary Dihydroergotamine (DHE) and 5 of its main metabolites, namely 8′-hydroxy-dihydroergotamine (8′-OH-DHE), 8′,10′-dihydroxy-dihydroergotamine (8′,10′-OH-DHE), 2,3seco,N(1)formyl,3-keto,8′-hydroxy-dihydroergotamine (8′-OH,N(1)formyl-DHE), dihydrolysergic acid amide (DH-LSA) and dihydrolysergic acid (DH-LS) were investigated on human and canine veins in vitro, on canine veins in situ, and in the ganglion-blocked rat in vivo. Like DHE, the metabolites 8′-OH-DHE, 8′,10′-OH-DHE and DH-LSA caused contriction of human varicose veins and only weak α-adrenoceptor blockade. On canine femoral vein strips the same compounds produced predominantly α-adrenoceptor blockade and only negligible stimulation. 8′-OH,N(1)formyl-DHE and DH-LS were largely inactive. The same compounds, which were agonists on human vein strips in vitro, induced dose-dependent reduction of venous compliance when infused locally into the dog saphenous vein in situ. In the ganglion-blocked rat, only 8′-OH-DHE and 8′,10′-OH-DHE besides the parent drug produced an increase in diastolic blood pressure when injected intravenously. It is concluded that DHE metabolites with considerable venoconstrictor activity may contribute to the selective therapeutic action of DHE.
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    Keywords: Acetylsalicylic acid ; surgery ; man ; bleeding ; pain ; wound-healing
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    Notes: Summary Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) was tested against placebo in a double-blind crossover study, in which essentially the same operation was performed twice on 23 healthy patients who required surgical removal of bilateral “identically” impacted wisdom teeth. On the evening before one operation they received ASA 1.0 g (Globentyl®) followed by ASA 2.0 g daily for the next 3 days, and at the other operation placebo tablets. A number of objective and subjective parameters were recorded for paired comparison of the pre-, per-, and post-operative courses, including bleeding, pain, wound-healing, and preference. Tests of platelet aggregation before each operation indicated whether or not ASA had been taken. Pre-operative bleeding time was significantly increased (from 4.4 to 6.9 min) by ASA, as well as the per-operative blood loss (about 30%), and the post-operative bleeding tendency. Episodes of profuse post-operative haemorrhage were reported by 5 patients, always after the operation for which ASA had been given. ASA also significantly promoted the occurrence of ecchymosis and haematoma. The pre-operative bleeding time was not a reliable predictor for these complications. The drug was very well tolerated with respect to side effects such as abdominal discomfort. The post-operative pain scores were neither reduced nor increased significantly by ASA, and the preference scores were not in favour of the drug. The present patients were all young and denied any previous bleeding disorders; nevertheless, ASA resulted in post-operative haemorrhage, ecchymosis and haematoma formation in several cases.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 10 (1976), S. 257-262 
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    Keywords: Anti-inflammatory and analgesic drug ; indoprofen ; pharmacokinetics ; bioavailability ; man
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    Notes: Summary In a pharmacokinetic study of the new analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug indoprofen, plasma levels and urinary excretion were determined in four healthy volunteers after 100 mg and 200 mg iv, and after 100 mg (capsules) and 200 mg (tablets) oral doses. After iv administration, the mean biological half-life (t1/2 β) was about 2 h (range 1.4 to 3.2 h). The apparent volume of distribution Vdβ ranged between 11 to 17 % of body weight, indicating its limited extravascular distribution. Most of the drug was excreted in urine as glucuronide and a smaller proportion as unchanged indoprofen: the 24 h urinary excretion of these compounds accounted for 67 to 95 % of an iv dose. Peak plasma levels occurred between 30 and 120 minutes after oral administration of 100 mg as capsules or 200 mg as tablets. The mean biological half-life was about 2 h, as after iv administration. The bioavailability of oral doses was assessed using both plasma levels and urinary excretion data. The absorption of capsules and tablets was practically complete, that of the former being faster.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 10 (1976), S. 59-62 
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    Keywords: Tetracycline absorption ; zinc sulphate ; zinc citrate ; complex formation ; man
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    Notes: Summary The inhibitory effect of zinc on the gastrointestinal absorption of tetracycline has been investigated in 7 healthy volunteers. Zinc (45 mg Zn++) was given as a solution of zinc sulphate and as a zinc citrate complex; tetracycline (500 mg) was administered as a commercially available preparation. Serum tetracycline concentrations and the area under the serum tetracycline concentration-time curve (up to 6 h) were significantly reduced when tetracycline was taken with either zinc sulphate or the zinc citrate complex. Although the reduction of absorption seemed more pronounced after zinc sulphate, the difference between the inhibitory effects of the two forms of zinc was not significant. It is concluded that simultaneous administration of zinc and tetracycline may reduce absorption of tetracycline.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 10 (1976), S. 127-131 
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    Keywords: Gallbladder emptying ; analgesics ; indoprofen ; pentazocine ; morphine ; man
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    Notes: Summary A controlled study of the clinical pharmacology of the biliary tract has been made. The rate of gallbladder emptying induced by a fatty meal was taken as a parameter for assessment of the inhibitory effect of indoprofen, a new analgesic-anti-inflammatory drug, pentazocine and morphine. The compounds were administered as single doses by iv (indoprofen and pentazocine) or im (morphine) injection. Indoprofen up to 400 mg had no effect, whereas morphine and pentazocine exerted a significant inhibitory effect on emptying of the gallbladder. Adverse reactions of clinical significance were associated with morphine and pentazocine, but were negligible with indoprofen.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 10 (1976), S. 197-200 
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    Keywords: Dopamine-β-hydroxylase ; dopamine infusion ; blood pressure ; plasma ; man ; inter-individual variation
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    Notes: Summary In order to study the function of dopamine-β-hydroxylase (DBH) in human plasma, dopamine, its natural substrate, was infused intravenously in 22 healthy volunteers. Their plasma DBH activities showed great interindividual variations (31–301 units/ml). The infusion rates of dopamine required to increase systolic blood pressure (BP) by 30 mm Hg differed considerably between the subjects, and ranged from 3,0 to 11,6 µg/kg/min. No correlation could be shown between the various dopamine doses and individual plasma levels of DBH. It was concluded, therefore, that plasma DBH in the blood stream was enzymatically inactive. Experiments with human plasma DBH in vitro also support this interpretation. Consequently, interindividual differences in the effects on BP during dopamine infusion cannot be due to pressor effects of noradrenaline synthesized by plasma DBH.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 11 (1977), S. 337-344 
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    Keywords: Twin study ; ethanol metabolism ; intra-individual variation ; pharmacogenetics ; plasma level ; man ; heritability
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    Notes: Summary The influence of genetic and environmental factors on the metabolism of a single oral dose of ethanol 1.2 ml per kg body weight was analysed in 19 identical and 21 fraternal healthy, adult, un-selected male twin pairs. The heritability values of the rates of absorption, degradation and elimination of ethanol were 0.57, 0.41 and 0.46 respectively. Environmental factors, such as daily alcohol intake and smoking, increased the rate of elimination of blood alcohol. Intrasubject variation in ethanol metabolism was studied by repeated tests in 11 male volunteers at intervals of at least 2 months, under the same conditions as in the twins; the coefficients of variation for parameters of metabolism was about 8%. The results demonstrate both genetic control of ethanol absorption, degradation and elimination and the appreciable influence of environmental factors. The almost total genetic control of ethanol metabolism postulated by Vesell et al. (1971) could not be confirmed.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 11 (1977), S. 359-366 
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    Keywords: Phenylbutazone ; 14C-label ; oxyphenbutazone ; gas chromatography ; disposition ; oxidative metabolism ; man
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    Notes: Summary The absorption and elimination of orally administered14C-phenylbutazone and the role of oxidation in its metabolism have been studied. The main routes of excretion of14C-phenylbutazone and its metabolites were investigated in 3 patients with rheumatoid arthritis, and in 1 patient with a T-tube in the common bile duct. Up to 9 days after an oral dose of14C-phenylbutazone 600 mg (30 µCi) 63% of the radioactivity was found in the urine and 14% had appeared in the faeces. The cumulative excretion of radioactivity in bile amounted to 9.5% of the dose in 4 days. Only 1% of the radioactivity in the urine and bile was due to unchanged phenylbutazone. The role of oxidative metabolism of phenylbutazone in healthy human subjects was studied by gas chromatography. In 3 subjects given a single dose of phenylbutazone 600 mg, only 8.3% of the dose was excreted in urine as oxidized metabolites after 5 days. However, in 5 patients who had taken phenylbutazone for more than 5 weeks, these metabolites accounted for 23.4% of the dose. These results suggest that oxidative metabolism becomes more important after continued administration of the drug. After a single dose of phenylbutazone, the side-chain oxidized metabolite (II) was the major free derivative excreted in urine, but the ring oxidized metabolite, oxyphenbutazone (I), was much more important than the former in plasma. However, after prolonged treatment there was little difference between the concentration of the two metabolites in plasma. This finding suggests that side-chain oxidation is increased relative to ring oxidation on prolonged treatment with phenylbutazone. A third derivative containing hydroxyl groups both in the phenyl ring and in the side-chain (metabolite III) was found in urine in experiments with phenylbutazone, but in only one out of 3 volunteers given repeated doses of oxyphenbutazone.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 12 (1977), S. 153-158 
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    Keywords: Fentanyl ; radioimmunoassay ; cross-reaction ; plasma level ; dog ; man
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    Notes: Summary Antiserum to fentanyl was obtained in rabbits repeatedly injected with carboxyfentanyl conjugated to bovine serum albumin. Using the antiserum, a highly sensitive radioimmunoassay has been developed, based on the dextran-coated charcoal method. It proved possible to assay the drug directly in plasma, in amounts as small as 30 picogram in 0.5 ml. The antibody was highly specific for fentanyl and no cross-reaction was observed with its major metabolites. This sensitive and specific radioimmunoassay method was employed to determine fentanyl in plasma from six volunteers after an intravenous bolus of 0.2 mg, and in plasma from dogs treated both intravenously and subcutaneously with 0.02 mg/kg. The plasma level of fentanyl could be followed for up to 6 h after a therapeutic dose in dogs and man.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 13 (1978), S. 213-218 
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    Keywords: Activated charcoal ; acute intoxication ; digoxin ; phenytoin ; aspirin ; man
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    Notes: Summary The inhibitory effect of activated charcoal 50 g suspended in water on the absorption of digoxin, phenytoin and aspirin was studied in six healthy volunteers in a cross-over manner. The absorption of digoxin and phenytoin were almost completely prevented (about 98%) when activated charcoal was ingested immediately after the drug. The total absorption of aspirin was inhibited by 70%, with clear postponement of absorption and partial release of aspirin from the charcoal in the gut: The peak serum concentration of aspirin was reduced by 95% by charcoal. When activated charcoal was ingested 1 hour after the drugs the inhibition of absorption was considerably less. However, since the absorption of larger doses of the drugs is often slow, the administration of an adequate dose of activated charcoal will be of definite value in the treatment of acute intoxication, even if delayed for several hours.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 14 (1978), S. 129-131 
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    Keywords: Tetracycline absorption ; EDTA ; milk ; man
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    Notes: Summary The absorption of tetracycline in man under the influence of concomitantly administered EDTA, milk and a combination of EDTA and milk has been investigated. Urinary excretion of the drug was measured for 30 h. The inhibitory effect of milk could be counteracted by simultaneous ingestion of EDTA, which resulted in almost equivalent urinary excretion of tetracycline compared to experiments done in the fasting state. Administration of EDTA alone, in a neutral dosage form, did not significantly change absorption of the drug, which contradicted previous findings. The possible use of EDTA during tetracycline therapy is discussed.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 14 (1978), S. 277-280 
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    Keywords: Doxycycline ; iron ; charcoal ; enteral cycling ; man ; pharmacokinetics
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    Notes: Summary In order to study the intestinal interactions of doxycycline (DC) with Fe++ and charcoal, two groups of healthy volunteers were given either 200 mg or 100 mg DC in capsules at 2 p. m. and 9 p. m., and blood samples for fluorimetric assay of DC were collected for 24 h starting at 8.30 a. m. on the following morning. A 24-h-urine was also collected. The test was subsequently repeated at one-week intervals, when the volunteers also ingested either ferrous sulphate (80 mg Fe++) or charcoal (4.0 g) immediately after the zero-time sample of DC and at 3, 8 and 12 h. Charcoal completely adsorbed DC in vitro in an artificial small intestinal fluid. Ferrous sulphate or charcoal did not modify the serum level or urinary excretion of DC after the 200 mg+200 mg dose, but ferrous sulphate did reduce the 24-h urinary excretion of DC after the 100 mg+100 mg dose. The serum half-life and AUC of DC were reduced by ferrous sulphate given after the 100 mg+100 mg dose of DC. Charcoal did not modify any parameter, even after the 100 mg+100 mg dose of DC. The results do not support existence of important enteral cycling of DC. Although oral ferrous sulphate can lower the serum level and shorten the serum half-life of DC, the acute experiment suggested that a therapeutic serum level of DC can be maintained despite treatment with iron in the doses used in iron-deficiency, and charcoal in the doses used in diarrhoeic states, if the drugs are administered several hours apart.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 15 (1979), S. 187-192 
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    Keywords: quinidine ; plasma protein binding ; pharmacokinetics ; man
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    Notes: Summary The disposition and plasma protein binding of quinidine after intravenous administration were studied in 13 healthy subjects. Plasma protein binding, expressed as the fraction of quinidine unbound ranged from 0.134–0.303 (mean 0.221). Elimination rate constant (β) varied from 0.071 to 0.146 h−1 (mean 0.113), and apparent volume of distribution (Vβ) varied from 1.39–3.20 l · kg−1β (mean 2.27). Total body clearance was 2.32–6.49 ml min−1 · kg−1. There was a positive linear correlation between the plasma fraction of unbound quinidine and both Vβ (r=0.885, p〈0.01) and total body clearance (r=0.668, p〈0.05). No significant correlation existed between the fraction of unbound quinidine in plasma and the elimination rate constant. The results show that both the apparent volume of distribution and total body clearance of quinidine are proportional to the unbound fraction in plasma. This implies that the total plasma concentration of quinidine at steady state will change with alterations in plasma binding, whilst the concentration of unbound compund and its elimination rate will remain unaffected.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 14 (1978), S. 69-73 
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    Keywords: Citalopram ; pharmacokinetics ; man ; steady state levels ; metabolism
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    Notes: Summary The plasma concentrations of citalopram, a potent serotonin reuptake inhibitor, and its demethylated metabolite have been determined by a specific fluorescence coupling technique during single dose experiments in volunteers and in clinical tests. Citalopram was found to have linear kinetics within the dose range investigated, which were characterized by fairly rapid absorption and slow elimination (biological half-life 1–21/2 days). Steady state levels in the range 120–340 nM (i.e. slightly above those associated with pharmacodynamic activity in animals) were attained within a week. A drug/metabolite ratio of 2–3 was recorded.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 17 (1980), S. 243-250 
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    Keywords: digoxin ; atrial fibrillation ; digoxin concentrations in right atrium ; skeletal muscle ; serum ; sinus rhythm ; man
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    Notes: Summary Serum, right atrial myocardium and skeletal muscle collected from 32 adult patients undergoing open heart surgery were analyzed for digoxin by radioimmunoassay. Preoperatively 20 patients were in sinus rhythm and 12 were in atrial fibrillation. In patients with sinus rhythm, but not in patients with atrial fibrillation, there was a highly significant correlation between digoxin concentration in serum and right atrial myocardium, in skeletal muscle and right atrial myocardium, and in serum and skeletal muscle. The means and variances of the ratios right atrial myocardium/serum and right atrial myocardium/skeletal muscle were significantly higher in patients with atrial fibrillation than in those with sinus rhythm. This, plus the lack of difference in ratios skeletal muscle/serum between these groups of patients, indicate increased right atrial digoxin binding in atrial fibrillation in man. This conclusion is further supported by the finding of similar or higher digoxin concentration in right atrial myocardium than in left ventricular myocardium in atrial fibrillation (6 patients), and a lower digoxin concentration in right atrial myocardium than in left ventricular myocardium in sinus rhythm (3 patients).
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 14 (1978), S. 425-430 
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    Keywords: Penta-acetyl-gitoxin ; 16-acetyl-gitoxin ; gitoxin ; mass spectrometry ; species-specific deacylation ; man ; rabbit ; guinea-pig ; rat ; blood ; intestinal mucosa ; liver homogenate
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    Notes: Summary Penta-acetyl-gitoxin (PAG) shows species-specific deacylation to 16-acetyl-gitoxin (16-AG; I and III) or gitoxin (II and IV) by homogenates of liver and intestinal mucosa of man (I), rabbit (II), guinea-pig (III) and rat (IV), whereas it is degraded into tri- and tetra-acetates by homogenates of guinea-pig myocardium as well as by human blood and serum. The identity of the principal and chloroform-extractable metabolites in human urine after PAG administration with 16-AG has been demonstrated by mass spectrometry.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 15 (1979), S. 73-81 
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    Keywords: simulation model ; diazoxide hypotension ; haemodynamics ; man
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    Notes: Summary The acute haemodynamic effects of injected diazoxide (Hyperstat® Schering) have been studied in 8 hypertensive subjects. Aortic blood pressure was measured and cardiac output and peripheral conductance were assessed continuously using a simulation model. In six of the patients pulmonary artery end-diastolic pressure was also measured. Blood pressure fell in all subjects 5–10 min after injection of the drug cardiac output increased in all patients studied. However, the initial change in cardiac output differed, as it decreased in two subjects and did not change in one. The largest initial increases in cardiac output were seen in the subjects with the highest pulmonary artery end-diastolic pressure. Patients with an initial decrease in cardiac output were those with the least compliant (stiffest) aortas. We consider that the responsiveness of the baroreceptors determines the size of the increase in cardiac output immediately after reduction of blood pressure by diazoxide. Thus in a patient with a stiff aorta, particularly at low cardiac filling pressure, diazoxide might cause a fall in blood pressure to an unacceptable level.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 20 (1981), S. 91-97 
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    Keywords: prenalterol ; pharmacokinetics ; oral administration ; i. v. administration ; 3H-prenalterol ; man
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    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics of prenalterol, a selective β1-adrenoceptor agonist, has been studied in healthy subjects, by following the plasma concentration and urinary excretion of the unchanged compound and its total radioactive metabolites after oral and intravenous administration. Each of six healthy subjects received a single i. v. dose (2.5 mg) and three oral doses (2.5, 5.0 and 10 mg) of prenalterol. The oral dose was administered as a solution. Three of the subjects received the intravenous and oral doses of 2.5 mg as tritiated drug. Prenalterol was rapidly and completely absorbed after oral administration. The peak plasma concentration was attained after about 0.5 h. About 25% of prenalterol reached the systemic circulation. Prenalterol was extensively distributed to extravascular tissues with a half-life of the distribution phase close to 7 min. About 90% of the dose was excreted in urine within 24 h irrespective of the route of administration, indicating complete absorption of the drug. On average 60% of the i. v. and 13% of the oral doses were excreted as unchanged drug. The elimination half-life of the compound was 1.8 h, and the decline in the plasma concentration of the metabolites indicated a slower elimination rate than for the unchanged drug. Dose-dependent kinetics were not observed after the oral doses examined.
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    Keywords: clobazam ; cimetidine ; N-desmethylclobazam ; kinetic interaction ; man
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    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetic interaction between clobazam and cimetidine was studied in 9 healthy male volunteers in an open-labelled study. After a single oral dose of clobazam 30 mg, a wash-out period of 14 days was followed by daily doses of cimetidine 1 g for one week. Thereafter a single oral dose of clobazam 30 mg was again given. The plasma concentrations of clobazam and its main metabolite N-desmethyl-clobazam were measured by gas-chromatography. The area under the curve (AUC0−∞) of plasma clobazam level was significantly larger after pretreatment with cimetidine and the elimination half life of clobazam was significantly longer. There were no statistically significant differences in Cmax and tmax for plasma clobazam. The plasma levels of N-desmethyl-clobazam did not show any significant change after the intake of cimetidine.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 44 (1993), S. 103-104 
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    Keywords: Ethyol ; Vasodilation ; forearm blood flow ; man
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 5 (1972), S. 62-64 
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    Keywords: GLC ; fenfluramine ; norfenfluramine ; blood levels ; man
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    Notes: Summary A new analytical procedure is described for the determination of fenfluramine and norfenfluramine in biological specimens. Fenfluramine and norfenfluramine are converted to the trichloroacetyl derivatives, separated on a 3% OV 17 — Chromosorb Q glass column and measured by ECD. The rapidity, sensitivity and specificity of the technique fulfil all the requirements for routine clinical use.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 6 (1973), S. 181-186 
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    Keywords: Phenothiazines ; thioridazine ; serum levels ; pharmacokinetics ; man
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    Notes: Summary The rate of absorption of thioridazine varied greatly in ten healthy volunteers who took 100 mg in the morning after an overnight fast. The peak level in blood was also variable and it was reached 1 1/4 to 4 h after dosing. Maximal concentrations in the blood varied widely from 0.13 µg/ml to 0.52 µg/ml. No relation was found between the weight or sex of the subjects and the pharmacokinetics of the drug. The serum half life of thioridazine in three healthy volunteers was 9, 10 and 10 h respectively. In a group of 22 patients receiving less than 5 mg/kg body weight a day, there was a strong correlation between the dose and the morning or evening concentration of thioridazine in the blood. A positive correlation was also observed between the age of the patient and the serum level in those who received doses of less than 5 mg/kg body weight.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 7 (1974), S. 1-10 
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    Keywords: α- and β-blockade ; systolic time intervals ; oxprenolol ; phentolamine ; man
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    Notes: Summary The effects of single oral doses of oxprenolol (20 and 80 mg), phentolamine (20 and 40 mg), and combinations of oxprenolol and phentolamine (80:20 and 20:40 mg, respectively) on blood pressure, heart rate and the systolic time intervals (Q—S2c, PEPc, LVETc and PEP/LVET) have been studied under double-blind conditions in seven healthy volunteers during recumbency and passive tilting. Heart rate was slowed by oxprenolol and slightly increased by phentolamine, but was not affected by either of the combinations. There were only minimal non-significant changes in blood pressure in the subjects, all of whom were normotensive. Of the systolic time intervals, PEPc was most affected: it was prolonged by oxprenolol because of reduction in myocardial contractility, and shortened by phentolamine as a result of the cardiostimulant effect of this compound. When the two drugs were administered in combination, the negative inotropic effects of the β-blocker always predominated. The changes induced by the drugs were more pronounced during upright titling than in the recumbent position. Measurement of PEPc provides a suitable means of assessing the influence of cardiovascular drugs on left ventricular function in pharmacological studies in man.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 6 (1973), S. 261-267 
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    Keywords: Alclofenac ; antiphlogistic ; man ; pharmacokinetics ; dosage regimes ; plasma levels
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    Notes: Summary A one compartment open model has been found to fit plasma concentration data previously obtained in man after single oral doses of alclofenac; the parameters of the model are: $${\text{t}}_{\tfrac{{\text{1}}}{{\text{2}}}} $$ abs=1.3±0.7h, $${\text{t}}_{\tfrac{{\text{1}}}{{\text{2}}}} $$ el=3.5±1.2h, Vd/F=17±6. The model has been used successfully to predict steady-state plasma levels of alclofenac after multiple oral doses. One treatment schedule (initial dose 500 mg, maintenance dose 250 mg five times a day) was administered to two volunteers for five days and the plasma levels of alclofenac determined daily. The latter were in good agreement with computer predictions based on the model. It is now possible, therefore, to select the most suitable dosage regimes for this drug.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 7 (1974), S. 17-24 
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    Keywords: Pindolol ; beta-blockade ; pharmacokinetics ; man
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    Notes: Summary The kinetics of absorption, distribution and excretion of pindolol have been investigated in 17 volunteers after an oral dose or intravenous infusion of 5 mg. The calculated absorption was 92%. The time course of the plasma levels appeared to follow first order kinetics with an apparent half life of 3.6 (oral) and 3.1 (i.v.) hours. The cumulative urinary excretion att=∞ was 36.1% and 39.2% of the dose administered, respectively, indicating extensive metabolism of the drug. The distribution volume was 136 l. Peak plasma levels were found 80 min after oral administration and they showed up to 4-fold variation after identical doses. Renal clearance was 216 ml×min−1 and total clearance was 483 ml×min−1. In plasma 57% of pindolol was bound to protein.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 10 (1976), S. 1-7 
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    Keywords: 3H-terbutaline sulphate ; aerosol ; man ; absorption ; excretion ; spirometry
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    Notes: Summary Six asthmatic patients and two healthy volunteers inhaled tritiated terbutaline sulphate delivered by a pressurized aerosol inhaler. Spirometric measurements were performed and the amounts of total radioactivity in plasma, urine and faeces were determined. The analysis of urine included determination of radioactivity due to metabolized drug. Depending on the amount of drug inhaled the peak plasma level varied from undetectable to 3.8 ng/ml. An early plasma peak was found in 7 out of 8 subjects. The main plasma peaks were observed 1 – 6 hours after administration. The results of urinalysis showed a metabolic profile similar to that after parenteral administration. Disregarding the amount of inhaled drug and sampling time, 3 – 35% of the delivered drug was recovered in the urine and 2 – 37% in the faeces. Immediately after treatment 4 subjects rinsed their mouths with water and it was found to contain 14.5 – 50% of the delivered dose. The adapters from the aerosol canisters contained 14 – 27.5% of the delivered dose of drug.
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    Keywords: H 80/62 ; haemodynamic effects ; noninvasive techniques ; selectivity ; β1-adrenoceptor agonist ; man
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    Notes: Summary The selective β1-adrenoceptor agonist H 80/62 was administered intravenously and orally to healthy subjects and its effects on systolic time intervals, arterial blood pressure and heart rate were studied. Side-effects were noted too, and continuous ECG-recordings were made in order to study its arrhythmogenic effect. After i.v. administration of H 80/62 20 µg/kg body weight there was shortening of total electromechanical systole, the pre-ejection period and of the left ventricular ejection time, systolic blood pressure tended to increase, and diastolic blood pressure and heart rate were essentially unchanged. When administered orally as a sustained-release preparation in doses between 20 and 40 mg the haemodynamic effects were qualitatively the same as after i.v. administration, but in some studies there was a slight increase in heart rate. During exercise the systolic blood pressure and heart rate were identical after H 80/62 and placebo. The effect of the drug was maximal immediately after cessation of the i.v. infusion and basal values were regained within 60 min. After oral administration of a sustained-release formulation the effect was maximal after one hour and persisted for at least five to seven hours. The drug was well tolerated on repeated administration. The incidence of ventricular extrasystoles was possibly increased in one subject out of eight (11 ventricular extrasystoles during 18 h). The results of this Phase I study of H 80/62 warrant further evaluation of the drug in man.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 14 (1978), S. 445-447 
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    Keywords: Activated charcoal ; tricyclic antidepressants ; nortriptyline ; poisoning ; antidote ; man
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    Notes: Summary Activated charcoal is known to reduce the absorption of therapeutic doses of nortriptyline in vivo when administered 30 min after drug ingestion. In a group of volunteers, one sachet (10 g) of a new activated charcoal preparation, ‘Medicoal’ was found to produce a highly significant reduction in nortriptyline absorption when given as long as four hours after nortriptyline dosing. Activated charchoal may therefore be useful in the treatment of tricyclic antide-pressant poisoning even if a delay of several hours ensues before medical help is sought.
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    Keywords: Intramuscular Clindamycin Phosphate ; serum levels ; half-lives ; renal Failure ; haemodialysis ; man
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    Notes: Summary Serum levels of clindamycin bioactivity and total clindamycin were studied after single intramuscular injections of 300 mg of clindamycin phosphate in a group of 6 normal subjects and a group of 6 maintenance haemodialysis patients. The patients were studied during a non-dialysis period and then again during haemodialysis. Peak levels tended to be higher and elimination half-lives shorter in the patients than in the normal subjects. Possible reasons for these differences are discussed. There was no evidence that haemodialysis per se influenced the pharmacokinetics of clindamycin phosphate. The proportion of unhydrolysed clindamycin phosphate tended to be higher in the renal failure patients and the reason for this is not apparent. Little, if any, dosage modification is necessary in severe renal failure although there is probably little point in exceeding a dose of 300 mg intramuscularly every 8 h even in severe infections in patients with severe renal failure. The higher peak levels in patients with advanced renal failure indicate the need for further studies with repeated doses.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 20 (1981), S. 427-433 
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    Keywords: echinococcosis ; mebendazole ; experimental infection ; pharmacokinetics ; therapeutic regime ; jirds ; man
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    Notes: Summary High oral doses of mebendazole have been only partly effective in the treatment of patients with alveolar or cystic echinococcosis. In order to improve therapeutic results the pharmacology of mebendazole has been investigated. Jirds experimentally infected with larval Echinococcus multilocularis were given food containing mebendazole 100 to 1000 ppm. Drug plasma concentrations above 0.25 µmol/l were associated with a reduction in parasite weight to 1 to 10% of that in untreated controls. In treated animals parasite weight was negatively correlated with the plasma mebendazole concentration and with the duration of therapy. In patients on long term therapy with similar doses of mebendazole (16 to 48 mg/kg per day), plasma concentrations were much lower than in jirds. Only 19% of fasting plasma concentrations exceeded 0.25 µmol/l. Plasma concentrations 4 h after the morning dose did not exceed this value in 48% of cases. The results can be explained by the irregular drug absorption and short plasma half life observed in 7 hospitalized patients. It is likely that better results would be obtained if doses of mebendazole were adjusted to produce peak plasma levels exceeding 0.25 µmol/l.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 26 (1984), S. 227-232 
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    Keywords: amitriptyline ; kidney function ; uraemics ; biotransformation ; chronic renal failure ; urinary metabolites ; man ; depression ; nortryptyline ; hydroxymetabolites ; unconjugated metabolites ; clinical efficacy
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    Notes: Summary The metabolism of amitriptyline (AMT) has been studied in two groups of depressed in-patients on long term AMT therapy: 11 patients with no other major disease and 8 patients with chronic renal failure, who were being dialysed. The patients with renal insufficiency had decreased concentrations of AMT, nortriptyline (NT) and their unconjugated hydroxymetabolites compared to patients with normal kidney function. The plasma levels of conjugated products were extremely high in the uraemics. The latter metabolites are probably inert. The reduced concentration of unconjugated hydroxymetabolites, which are active compounds, may decrease the clinical effectiveness of the drug.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 44 (1993), S. 259-264 
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    Keywords: Ritodrine ; sulphation ; glucuronidation ; man ; adult tissues ; fetal tissues
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    Notes: Summary Ritodrine is a β2-adrenoceptor agonist used for the management of preterm labour. It is inactivated by conjugation with sulphate and glucuronic acid. There is more ritodrine sulphate than ritodrine glucuronide in urine from the newborn whereas equal amounts of ritodrine glucoronide and sulphate are excreted in maternal urine [Clin. Pharmacol. Ther 44, 634–641, 1988]. We show that, in the mid-gestational human fetal liver, ritodrine sulphotransferase is well expressed, whereas the glucuronidation of ritodrine is little developed compared to the adult liver. The average sulphotransferase activity was 308 pmol·min−1 per mg protein in fetal (N=48) and 145 pmol·min−1 per mg protein in adult (N=32) liver. The rates of ritodrine sulphation in fetal gut, lung and kidney were higher than in the corresponding adult tissues. The development and tissue distribution patterns of ritodrine sulphotransferase are consistent with those of dopamine sulphotransferase. Ritodrine and dopamine are sulphated by thermolabile enzymes. The activity of glucuronyl transferase was measurable in only 5 of the 48 foetal livers assayed, and in those in which could be assayed, the average activity was 44.6 pmol·min−1 per mg protein, one-tenth of that in adult livers (524 pmol·min−1 per mg protein).
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 45 (1993), S. 483-487 
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    Keywords: Terbutaline ; Drug metabolism ; sulphotransferases ; liver ; intestine ; lung ; man ; stereoselective conjugation
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    Notes: Summary The sulphation of (+) and (−) terbutaline was investigated in specimens of human intestinal mucosa isolated from the duodenum, ileum, ascending colon and sigmoid colon and in specimens of liver and lung. The lung specimens came from 8 current smokers and 11 ex-smokers, the latter having stopped at least 3 months before surgery. The rates (pmol·min−1·mg protein−1) of (+) and (−) terbutaline sulphation were 1195 and 948 (duodenum), 415 and 317 (ileum), 268 and 166 (ascending colon), 263 and 193 (sigmoid colon) and 45 and 34 (liver), respectively. Terbutaline sulphotransferase was more active in the small and large intestine than in the liver. In the lung, the rate of (+) terbutaline sulphation was 118 (ex-smokers) and 82 (smokers), and for (−) terbutaline it was 82 (ex-smokers) and 56 (smokers). In the gut, the activity of catechol sulphotransferase was significantly correlated with that of (+)- and (−)- terbutaline sulphotransferase whereas no correlation was found with phenol sulphotransferase. This correlation, the finding of the higher activity of terbutaline sulphotransferase in gut than in liver, and the pronounced thermal inactivation of the enzyme, are all consistent with the view that catechol sulphotransferase has a role in the sulphation of terbutaline.
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    Keywords: Chloroquine ; Stereoselectivity ; Histamine ; methyltransferase ; liver ; brain ; man
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    Notes: Abstract This study was designed to determine whether both enantiomers of chloroquine inhibit histamine N-methyltransferase. The mean estimates of IC50 for the d- and l-enantiomers of chloroquine were 4.9 and 17.8 μM (liver), respectively and 6.9 and 21.6 μM (brain), respectively. Ki estimates were significantly lower with d- than with l-chloroquine; hence, d-chloroquine interacts with the enzyme more effectively than l-chloroquine. If the adverse effects of chloroquine are due to the inhibition of histamine N-methyltransferase, therapy with the l-enantiomer might have lower toxicity. The residual activity of histamine N-methyltransferase should reflect both the degree of inhibition by chloroquine and the level of enzyme expression. The rate of histamine methylation was measured in 100 human liver samples and its range and fold of variation were 29% and threefold, respectively. Susceptibility to chloroquine should be greater in subjects with limited expression of histamine N-methyltransferase.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 5 (1973), S. 214-217 
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    Keywords: Pindolol ; beta-blockade ; oral administration ; man ; alprenolol
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    Notes: Summary The duration of beta-receptor blockade after single oral doses of LB-46 has been investigated by the isoproterenol infusion technique. A single 5 mg dose of LB-46 caused beta-receptor blockade lasting for 45 min to about 15 h; the range of action after 10 mg LB-46 orally was 30 min to 24 h. The duration of action of an equipotent dose of alprenolol was shorter. The therapeutic implications of these results are discussed.
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    Keywords: Key words REM sleep ; Clonidine ; Yohimbine; α2-adrenoceptors ; man
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    Notes: Abstract Objective: To study the acute effect of clonidine, an α2-adrenoceptor agonist, and yohimbine, an α2-adrenoceptor antagonist, on nocturnal sleep in healthy men. Setting: McGuire Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia, USA. Subjects: Eight healthy male volunteers. Methods: Each subject slept in the sleep laboratory for 2 consecutive nights on three separate sessions, at 3-week intervals. On the 2nd night of each session, the subjects received yohimbine (5.4 mg), clonidine (0.1 mg), or placebo in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover design. Results: There were no apparent effects of yohimbine. In contrast, clonidine completely suppressed rapid eye movement (REM) sleep in one subject and reduced REM sleep in the remaining seven subjects. Conclusion: Our study confirms that clonidine markedly decreases REM, even at a low single dose, and supports the hypothesis of the important role of α2-receptors in controlling REM sleep.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 7 (1974), S. 249-252 
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    Keywords: Practolol ; renal failure ; uraemia ; beta-blockade ; pharmacokinetics ; man
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    Notes: Summary The effect of renal failure on the excretion of oral doses of practolol has been studied. The plasma half-life increased up to 6.6 times normal and the cumulative urinary excretion of the drug was reduced. There was a linear correlation between the overall elimination rate constant of practolol and inulin and creatinine clearances. A linear correlation was also found between the renal clearances of practolol and inulin. The dose of practolol required for maintenance therapy should be reduced in patients with impaired renal function.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 8 (1975), S. 317-322 
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    Keywords: Verapamil ; haemodynamics ; exercise ; man ; vascular resistance ; negative inotropism
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    Notes: Summary Verapamil, 0.1 mg/kg body wt, was injected i.v. over 2 minutes in 8 subjectively healthy middle-aged men, followed by a continuous infusion of 0.007 mg/kg body wt per minute. Prior to the injection several of the subjects had raised pulmonary or systemic arterial pressures. At rest, the central pressures increased slightly, which was taken as a sign of a moderate negative inotropic effect, but there was no change in pre-ejection period or maximal dp/dt of the aortic pressure. The heart rate increased and there was a small decrease in systemic arterial pressure, probably due to a fall of systemic vascular resistance. The PQ time was prolonged. During exercise, with its positive inotropic stimulation, the moderate negative inotropic effect of verapamil disappeared, whereas the increase in heart rate and decrease in aortic pressures persisted. Some variables that reflected the oxygen demand of the heart decreased. The slight negative inotropic effect does not appear to be a particular contraindication to the use of verapamil, but it should be employed cautiously in conditions with a compensatory rise in systemic vascular resistance, or if atrioventricular conduction is impaired.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 8 (1975), S. 337-341 
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    Keywords: Carbamazepine ; carbamamazepine-10,11-epoxide ; pharmacokinetics ; induction of metabolism ; man
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    Notes: Summary Carbamazepine (Tegretol®) was administered orally to four patients as a single dose, and one week later three times daily for 15–21 days. The plasma half-lives of the drug were shorter in all patients after multiple doses (20.9±5.0 hours) than after the initial single dose (35.6±15.3 hours). During multiple doses the plasma concentrations of the metabolite carbamazepine-10,11-epoxide followed those of the parent drug. The steady-state plasma concentrations expected during multiple doses were calculated from the pharmacokinetic parameters obtained in the single dose studies. The calculated levels were higher (17.2±7.2 µg/ml) than the observed maximal concentrations (8.4±1.6 µg/ml on day 4), which were obtained 3–4 days after starting the multiple doses. The levels tended to decrease further during the experimental period. The results suggest that carbamazepine induces its own metabolism in man.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 8 (1975), S. 427-432 
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    Keywords: Methylproscillaridin ; urinary and faecal excretion ; polar and non-polar metabolites ; man ; glucuronides
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    Notes: Summary 0.5 mg3H-proscillaridin-4-methylether was administered orally to 5 healthy males. Maximum plasma levels of total radioactivity were reached after one to two hours. In two subjects a second peak was observed between 6 and 12 hours. The plasma half life of total radioactivity was 51 hours. 20% and 56% respectively of the dose were eliminated in urine and faeces during the following 7 days. 55% of the total radioactivity in plasma, 80% in urine and 20% in faeces consisted of CHCl3-insoluble compounds. 50 – 60% of the latter in plasma and urine could be hydrolysed by β-glucuronidase. More than 90% of the split products were identified as conjugates of methylproscillaridin. TLC-separation of the CHCl3-soluble fractions of plasma and urine yielded two unidentified metabolites, P2 and P3, as the main compounds, besides methylproscillaridin, proscillaridin and scillarenin. In faeces more than 90% of the non-polar fraction was identified as methylproscillaridin. Shortly after administration of3H-methylproscillaridin, the radioactivity in plasma consisted mainly of CHCl3-in-soluble conjugates and of the metabolite P2.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 10 (1976), S. 69-72 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: BS 100-141 ; N-amidino-2-(2,6-dichlorphenyl)acetamide hydrochloride ; essential hypertension ; antihypertensive agent ; man
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    Notes: Summary The antihypertensive effect of the guanidine derivative BS 100-141 (N-amidino-2-(2,6-dichlorphenyl)acetamide hydrochloride) has been studied in 11 hospitalized patients suffering from essential hypertension (WHO grade I – II). BS 100-141 1 mg tid was given in the first week and a larger dose in the second week. Mean 24-hour systolic and diastolic blood pressures were significantly lower at the end of the first and second weeks of active treatment than at the end of the placebo-week. The antihypertensive effect of BS 100-141 was stronger in the standing than in the supine position. It significantly reduced the heart rate. Treatment with BS 100-141 was well tolerated, although tiredness and dryness of the mouth appeared more often than during the placebo period. Extensive laboratory tests did not reveal any toxic effect on the liver, kidneys or haemopoietic tissues.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 11 (1977), S. 135-140 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: Phenothiazine ; thioridazine ; metabolites ; plasma-level ; metabolic pattern ; half-life ; man ; schizophrenia
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    Notes: Summary Plasma levels of thioridazine and four of its metabolites were determined in a series of fifteen young acute schizophrenics. Consistent individually different metabolic patterns were detected in a group of patients who had the same value for the sum of thioridazine plus metabolites. The apparent volume of distribution and half life were calculated. Clinical evolution tended to correlate best with the level of mesoridazine.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 11 (1977), S. 213-218 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: β-Methyl-digoxin ; digoxin ; intravenous administration ; man ; serum concentration ; renal clearance
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    Notes: Summary The aim of the present investigation was to estimate the ratio of the intravenous doses ofβ-methyl-digoxin and digoxin required to produce identical serum glycoside concentrations in man. 20 patients on intravenous maintenance therapy were changed fromβ-methyl-digoxin to the identical dose of digoxin or vice versa. Each drug was given for 7 days. Serum concentrations 13% higher were found during administration ofβ-methyl-digoxin. Assuming a half life of 60 h after with drawal, the dose of digoxin producing the same minimum serum concentration was estimated to be 1.16 times higher than that ofβ-methyl-digoxin. 18 healthy volunteers received 0.4 mg β-methyldigoxin, and 23 the same dose of digoxin, as an intravenous infusion over 2 h. The serum concentrations and urinary glycoside excretion were measured over a period of 32 hrs. During the first hour after the infusion the serum concentration of digoxin declined more rapidly than that ofβ-methyl-digoxin. Thereafter, the ratio of the serum concentrations did not change appreciably up to the end of the investigation. The area under the serum concentration/time curve was about 13% greater forβ-methyl-digoxin than for digoxin; this difference was not significant. The average renal clearance was 96±9 ml forβ-methyl-digoxin, 151±13 ml for digoxin. Since the total body clearance of digoxin is only about 1.16 times higher than that ofβ-methyl-digoxin, the lower renal clearance ofβ-methyl-digoxin must partly be compensated by higher extrarenal clearance. From the ratios of the areas under the serum concentration/time curves after single doses of β-methyldigoxin and digoxin, and the minimum serum concentrations during maintenance therapy, it was concluded that the dose of digoxin to produce the same average serum concentrations would be about 1.15 times higher than that ofβ-methyl-digoxin. In comparison with the large variations in individual dosage of digoxin andβ-methyl-digoxin, this difference is too small to be of practical importance.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 10 (1976), S. 73-76 
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    Keywords: BS 100-141 ; N-amidino-2-(2,6-dichlorphenyl) acetamide hydrochloride ; clonidine ; essential hypertension ; antihypertensive agents ; man
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    Notes: Summary The antihypertensive effect and side effects of the guanidine derivative BS 100-141 (N-amidino-2-(2,6-dichlorphenyl) acetamide hydrochloride) and clonidine were compared in a single-blind, cross-over study. The study consisted of two active treatment periods of 6 weeks each, both preceded by a 2 week placebo period. Thirty ambulant, hypertensive patients, whose blood pressure was of WHO severity grades I – II, were admitted to the study, and the results are based on the 24 patients who completed it. In more than half the patients the optimal daily dose of BS 100-141 was 3 – 4 mg, and of clonidine 0.30 – 0.45 mg. An equally large and significant decrease in blood pressure was produced by both drugs. Both of them also caused bradycardia, but it was of no clinical significance. Both BS 100-141 and clonidine caused tiredness in about half the patients, but it diminished after a few weeks. Dryness of the mouth occurred in more than half the patients taking either drug, and it remained unchanged during the 6 weeks of treatment. A withdrawal syndrome was noted in one patient on discontinuation of clonidine.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 12 (1977), S. 81-87 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: Oxprenolol ; smoking ; catecholamines ; coronary circulation ; man ; c-AMP
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    Notes: Summary Changes in catecholamine, c-AMP and lactate concentrations in the coronary circulation of man, during smoking, were studied in 12 patients. The heart rate increased from 63±2 beats/min (control) to 74±3 (smoking) (P〈0.01), falling to 70±2 (10 min after smoking) (0.05〉P〉0.01), whilst coronary sinus c-AMP concentrations rose from 11±0.7 nmol/l (smoking) to 11.9±0.8 nmol/l (after smoing) (0.05〉P〉0.01; one tailed ‘t’ test). There was no significant change in blood pressure, catecholamine or lactate concentrations. The study was repeated in eight of the patients following intravenous oxprenolol. Coronary sinus catecholamine concentrations increased from 4.1±0.7 nmol/l (control) to 5.5±1.1 nmol/l (after smoking) (0.05〉P〉0.01; one tailed ‘t’ test), but heart rate and c-AMP concentrations remained unchanged, confirming that smoking-induced tachycardia is a result of a β-adrenergic mechanism, at least part of which is due to a release of cardiac catecholamines. Arterial lactate concentrations increased only following oxprenolol from 0.74±0.07 mmol/l (control) to 0.83±0.09 mmol/l (smoking).
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