Pharmacokinetics of zidovudine after the initial single dose and during chronic‐dose therapy in HIV‐infected patients.
Open Access
- 1 August 1993
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
- Vol. 36 (2), 128-131
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2125.1993.tb04208.x
Abstract
The pharmacokinetics of zidovudine in 10 symptomatic HIV-infected men were assessed after administration of the initial 200 mg oral dose at the start of therapy (day 1) and on one occasion during non steady- state conditions of chronic-dose therapy (200 mg every 4 h while awake on day 21-66; 5 doses per day). The following mean (+/- s.d.) pharmacokinetic parameters were determined on day 1 and during chronic therapy, respectively: Cmax (4.09 +/- 2.54 vs 3.82 +/- 1.03 mumol l-1), oral clearance (40.7 +/- 12.9 vs 41.1 +/- 8.4 ml min-1 kg-1) and terminal half-life (68.4 +/- 29.4 vs 65.1 +/- 13.1 min). Mean pharmacokinetic parameters on day 1 were < 10% different (P > 0.34) from those determined during chronic therapy. Differences in means of 21% for clearance and 36% for Cmax could be detected with a power of 80% at the 5% significance level. Intra-subject coefficients of variation were 17% for clearance and 32% for Cmax, respectively. This study suggests that within a group of patients whose stage of HIV infection and general health are relatively stable, first-dose pharmacokinetic parameters provide a good estimate of multiple-dose pharmacokinetic parameters.Keywords
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