INFLUENCE OF STUDY DESIGN IN ASSESSING FOOD EFFECTS ON ABSORPTION OF ERYTHROMYCIN BASE AND ERYTHROMYCIN STEARATE
INFLUENCE OF STUDY DESIGN IN ASSESSING FOOD EFFECTS ON ABSORPTION OF ERYTHROMYCIN BASE AND ERYTHROMYCIN STEARATE
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DOI:
10.1128/aac.20.2.190
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
CHODOS, DJ
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作者:
DISANTO, AR;CHODOS, DJ
A series of 6 single-dose and multiple-dose studies was performed to evaluate the effect of food on the absorption of erythromycin base and erythromycin stearate. When a single-dose design was used, an unprotected erythromycin base preparation was absorbed extensively if a prolonged fast preceded administration of the drug. A shorter fasting period (as occurs in clinical settings) dramatically reduced the absorption of unprotected base; film-coated tablets seemed to be as well protected as and were absorbed more rapidly than enteric-coated tablets when they were evaluated by single-dose testing procedures. In contrast, when a commercially available film-coated preparation of erythromycin base was evaluated in multidose fashion between meals (fasting), the drug was about 25% less well absorbed than commercially available enteric-coated base tablets. Finally, when commercially available film-coated erythromycin base and stearate formulations were administered with meals, both film-coated preparations were 43-59% less well absorbed than the enteric-coated base formulation. The enteric-coated base formulation performed equally well when administered either every 6 h between meals (fasting) or 4 times a day (immediately after meals and at bedtime). These studies document the need for multidose bioavailability techniques when the bioavailabilities of acid-labile drugs are evaluated.