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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-6-10
pubmed:abstractText
Perindopril is a non-sulphydryl angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor which requires hydrolysis to its active metabolite, perindoprilat, to produce its effects. Ten cirrhotic patients with mild to severe disease were studied after oral administration of a single 8 mg dose of perindopril as its tert-butylamine salt. Compared with a historical control group of young healthy volunteers receiving the same single oral dose of perindopril, mean AUC values of the prodrug perindopril were double in patients with liver cirrhosis (602 +/- 294 s.d. ng ml-1 h vs 266 +/- 70 s.d. ng ml-1 h) whereas the mean AUC of perindoprilat was found to be similar (134 +/- 139 ng ml-1 h vs 120 +/- 29 ng ml-1 h). The partial metabolic clearance of perindopril to perindoprilat was much lower in the cirrhotics (26 +/- 12 ml min-1 vs 58 +/- 22 ml min-1). The maximum inhibition of plasma ACE activity measured in the cirrhotic patients (87.5 +/- 5.1%) was comparable with that previously reported with perindopril in patients with mild hepatic impairment as well as in patients with essential hypertension. We suggest that liver cirrhosis may be associated with imparied deesterification of perindopril to its active metabolite perindoprilat but that no dosage adjustment of perindopril is required in cirrhotic patients.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0306-5251
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
326-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
The pharmacokinetics of perindopril in patients with liver cirrhosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Saint-Antoine University Hospital, Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article