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. 1978 Nov;6(5):409–419. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1978.tb04605.x

Disopyramide serum and pharmacologic effect kinetics applied to the assessment of bioavailability.

S M Bryson, B Whiting, J R Lawrence
PMCID: PMC1429565  PMID: 728284

Abstract

1 Serum, urine and pharmacologic effect (prolongation of the QT interval) kinetics of the antiarrhythmic disopyramide have been investigated in eight volunteers after intravenous administration (2 mg/kg) and oral administration (300 mg) of the two commercially available preparations, Rythmodan (Roussel Laboratories) and Norpace (Searle Laboratories). 2 An open one compartment body model adequately described the kinetics of disopyramide in serum and urine. 3 After intravenous administration, the following average pharmacokinetic parameters were found: biological half-life, 7.8 h; total clearance, 95 ml/min; renal clearance, 54 ml/min; apparent volume of distribution, 60 litres. 4 After oral Rythmodan and Norpace, serum concentration profiles and urinary excretion data revealed significant differences in rates of absorption, times required to achieve peak serum concentrations and biological half-lives. These differences were largely due to the relatively slow absorption characteristics of Norpace. 5 The absence of hysteresis in plots of QT prolongation against disopyramide serum concentration after oral administration indicated that serum and pharmacologic effect kinetics were indistinguishable within a kinetically equivalent compartment. 6 Analysis of both serum and urine data showed that while Norpace had a significantly higher degree of bioavailability (P less than 0.005), the 5--15% difference between the two formulations should not normally be of any clinical significance.

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