Colonic absorption of antiepileptic agents.
Colonic absorption of antiepileptic agents.
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抗癫痫药的结肠吸收。
DOI:
10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01078.x
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发表时间:
1997
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影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
Fleisher,D
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作者:
Stevenson,CM;Kim,J;Fleisher,D
Purpose:To evaluate a canine intestinal access‐port model to study colonic absorption of drugs. The antiepileptic drugs phenytoin and gabapentin were chosen to study absorption of a lipophilic and hydrophilic compound, respectively.Methods:Drug plasma level—time plots were generated subsequent to small intestinal and colonic drug administration of both drugs. The poorly water‐soluble phenytoin was administered in two doses to evaluate the impact of dissolution rate limits on colonic absorption. Maximal plasma concentration (Cmax) and area under the plasma level‐time curve (AUC) were used to assess the relative contribution of colonic absorption to plasma levels.Results:Whereas colonic gabapentin AUC and Cmaxwere only 0.25 and 0.15 of those seen after small intestinal administration, colonic phenytoin AUC and Cmaxwere one half and equivalent to, respectively, those observed for small intestinal administration. Furthermore, colonic administration of a higher phenytoin dose showed secondary maxima and continued increases in drug plasma levels with time.Conclusions:Colonic gabapentin absorption is poor compared with upper intestinal absorption, consistent with membrane transport rate limits to the absorption of this hydrophilic AED. Peak phenytoin plasma levels from colonic and small intestinal administration are comparable, indicating membrane transport does not limit absorption of this lipophilic agent. Continued plasma‐level increases from higher phenytoin doses are consistent with dissolution‐rate control of drug absorption in the colon. We suggest that colonic absorption provides a greater potential for toxicity from phenytoin overdose as a function of continued drug dissolution than for gabapentin overdose.