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3742940

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-10-23
pubmed:abstractText
Pharmacokinetics of ornidazole, a nitroimidazole derivative, was studied after intravenous injection in 10 patients with severe alcoholic cirrhosis and 10 healthy volunteers. Plasma concentrations of ornidazole and its two major hydroxylated metabolites, M1 (alpha-(chloromethyl)-2-hydroxymethyl-5-nitroimidazole-1-ethanol) and M4 (3-(2-methyl-5-nitroimidazole 1-yl) 1,2 propane diol), were measured by HPLC. The t1/2 of ornidazole was 14.1 +/- 0.5 hours for normal subjects and 21.9 +/- 2.9 hours for patients with cirrhosis. Mean plasma clearance was 50.6 +/- 2.1 ml/min in control subjects and 34.9 +/- 4.9 ml/min in patients, whereas apparent V SS was not modified in hepatic insufficiency. In healthy volunteers, M1 and M4 levels are well below levels of the parent drug; in cirrhosis both metabolites accumulate in plasma as a result of decreased elimination. Hepatic cirrhosis prolongs ornidazole elimination, and to avoid cumulation the interval between repeated doses could be doubled.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0009-9236
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
359-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Pharmacokinetics of ornidazole in patients with severe liver cirrhosis.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't