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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
3
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1979-9-17
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pubmed:abstractText |
Plasma concentrations of nitrazepam were measured by gas-liquid chromatography in: young healthy volunteers, in geriatric and psychiatric patients and in epileptic children. The disposition of nitrazepam was described in terms of a two-compartment open model. After a single oral dose of nitrazepam 5 mg the most prominent differences between the experimental groups were in the beta-phase half-life mean 29 h in the young volunteers and 40 h in geriatric patients , and in the apparent volume of distribution during the beta-phase of 2.4 vs 4.8 1/kg. Total plasma clearance and the average steady state concentration in both groups were equal. The plasma level rose at a rate proportional to the beta-phase half-life, and so, they were achieved more rapidly in the young than in the old subjects (3.5 vs 7.5 d). No change in steady-state level or in the half-life of nitrazepam were found during long term treatment, which indicates lack of enzyme induction or inhibition. In 95% of the epileptic children with a good to fair clinical response, the plasma concentration of nitrazepam was 40-180 ng/ml (mean 114 ng/ml). As all of the patients were on combined antiepileptic therapy, no attempt was made to correlate plasma level with therapeutic response.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Apr
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pubmed:issn |
0031-6970
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:day |
17
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pubmed:volume |
15
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
163-70
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:456400-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:456400-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:456400-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:456400-Aging,
pubmed-meshheading:456400-Disease,
pubmed-meshheading:456400-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:456400-Half-Life,
pubmed-meshheading:456400-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:456400-Kinetics,
pubmed-meshheading:456400-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:456400-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:456400-Nitrazepam,
pubmed-meshheading:456400-Time Factors
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pubmed:year |
1979
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Human pharmacokinetics of nitrazepam: effect of age and diseases.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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