Abstract
1 Absorption of metoprolol in jejunum and ileum was investigated in eight healthy subjects using an intestinal perfusion technique below an occlusive balloon. An isotonic saline solution, with or without metoprolol, was perfused at a flow rate of 10 ml/min, either at the angle of Treitz or in the middle part of the ileum. The absorption in a 30 cm intestinal segment was evaluated at metoprolol concentrations of 20, 40 and 60 mg/l.
2 Metoprolol did not affect gut motility.
3 Metoprolol was similarly absorbed in the jejunum and ileum. The absorption rates appeared to be linearly related to the perfusion rates and to the mean concentration in the segment, indicating a first-order kinetic process.
4 The absorption rate of metoprolol perfused in the jejunum in a saline solution appeared to be lower than that observed after gastric administration of the drug incorporated in a meal.
5 The findings in this and other studies in this series indicate that metoprolol is similarly absorbed throughout the small intestine.
Keywords: drug absorption, metoprolol, ileum, jejunum
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