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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-5-28
pubmed:abstractText
The potential for a pharmacokinetic interaction between the investigational antiarrhythmic drug ethmozine (moricizine HCl, the generic name that is infrequently used in existing literature) and digoxin was evaluated in nine healthy male adults. Serum and urinary digoxin concentrations were measured by radioimmunoassay following intravenous digoxin administration before and during steady-state ethmozine dosing. Plasma ethmozine levels following a single oral dose were measured before and after a single intravenous dose of digoxin. A mean elimination half-life of 45.6 hours was determined for digoxin alone, compared to 43.1 hours in combination with ethmozine. Average values for digoxin systemic clearance, apparent volume of distribution, and renal clearance were 2.87 mL/min/kg, 11.3 L/kg, and 2.44 mL/min/kg, respectively for digoxin alone, compared to 3.01 mL/min/kg, 11.3 L/kg, and 2.64 mL/min/kg, respectively for digoxin with ethmozine. A mean half-life of 2.0 hours was determined for ethmozine alone, compared with 1.8 hours following a single intravenous dose of digoxin. No change was observed in the oral pharmacokinetics of ethmozine following a single intravenous dose of digoxin, as indicated by the area under the plasma concentration versus time curve, Cmax or Tmax. These findings suggest that no pharmacokinetic interaction occurs when single intravenous doses of digoxin are co-administered with multiple oral doses of ethmozine.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0091-2700
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
138-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Assessment of the potential pharmacokinetic interaction between digoxin and ethmozine.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Controlled Clinical Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't