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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-6-29
pubmed:abstractText
The time course and concentration-effect relationship of parasympatholytic effects of three anticholinergic drugs were investigated using spectral analysis of heart rate (HR) variability. Single intravenous (i.v.) doses of atropine (10 microg/kg), glycopyrrolate (5 microg/kg), scopolamine (5 microg/kg), and placebo were given to eight healthy volunteers in a double-blind, randomized cross-over study. Electrocardiogram (ECG) was recorded at baseline and 2.5, 5, 10, 20, and 30 minutes, and 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 hours after drug administration, while the subjects breathed at a fixed 0.25 Hz frequency. The powers of two frequency bands (low frequency [LF] = 0.07-0.15 Hz and high frequency [HF] = 0.15-0.40 Hz) were calculated using stationary time series of R-R intervals (RRI) free from ectopic beats. To perform pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PK-PD) modeling, venous plasma drug concentrations were measured. Atropine and glycopyrrolate, and, to a lesser extent, scopolamine induced decreases in HF power and increases in LF/HF ratio of HR variability, indicating parasympatholytic activity and corresponding changes in sympathovagal balance. Maximal average decreases in HF power were 99%, 94%, and 82%, respectively, but in two scopolamine subjects, a parasympathomimetic effect was dominant. Interindividual variability was least for the Hayano index of HF power (square root (RRI HF-power)/RRI*100), and profound and consistent decreases were seen after atropine and glycopyrrolate. Pharmacokinetics were best fitted to a two-compartment open model, and effect compartment link modeling using the Hayano index was performed with the atropine and glycopyrrolate data. The best description of the PK-PD relationship for both drugs was achieved using the sigmoidal Emax model. Mean (+/-SD) EC50, sigmoidicity factor (gamma), and equilibration rate constant (k(e0)) estimates were 1.35 (+/-0.27) ng/mL, 6.07 (+/-1.98) and 11.0 (+/-5.28) l/h for atropine and 1.35 (+/-0.49) ng/mL, 4.34 (+/-1.55) and 2.26 (+/-0.81) l/h for glycopyrrolate. Spectral analysis of HR variability appears to be a powerful tool in monitoring parasympatholytic drug activity. A sigmoidal Emax model with an extremely steep concentration-response relationship was revealed for atropine and glycopyrrolate. The effects of scopolamine were more incongruous.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0163-4356
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
141-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10217331-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:10217331-Atropine, pubmed-meshheading:10217331-Blood Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:10217331-Cholinergic Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:10217331-Cross-Over Studies, pubmed-meshheading:10217331-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:10217331-Double-Blind Method, pubmed-meshheading:10217331-Electrocardiography, pubmed-meshheading:10217331-Glycopyrrolate, pubmed-meshheading:10217331-Heart Rate, pubmed-meshheading:10217331-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10217331-Injections, Intravenous, pubmed-meshheading:10217331-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10217331-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:10217331-Parasympathetic Nervous System, pubmed-meshheading:10217331-Parasympatholytics, pubmed-meshheading:10217331-Reference Values, pubmed-meshheading:10217331-Respiration, pubmed-meshheading:10217331-Scopolamine Hydrobromide, pubmed-meshheading:10217331-Time Factors
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Spectral analysis of heart rate variability as a quantitative measure of parasympatholytic effect--integrated pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of three anticholinergic drugs.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Turku University Hospital, Finland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't