Abstract
Norfloxacin is a currently marketed fluoroquinolone antibiotic. Other quinolones which are structurally similar to norfloxacin, particularly enoxacin, inhibit theophylline clearance. Since norfloxacin may be administered to patients also receiving theophylline, we studied the effect of norfloxacin on the pharmacokinetics of theophylline in 10 healthy male volunteers. A randomized, crossover study design with a 2-week washout period between treatments was used. Subjects received oral theophylline (200 mg of aminophylline [theophylline ethylenediamine]) three times daily for 4 days either alone or with 400 mg of norfloxacin (orally) twice daily for the same period. Theophylline concentrations in serum were significantly higher (P less than 0.05) at 0, 3, 4, 10, and 12 h following the final dose in the norfloxacin treatment group than in the group receiving only theophylline. However, mean theophylline oral clearance was not significantly different between the two treatments (2.85 +/- 0.68 liters/h without norfloxacin versus 2.56 +/- 0.53 liters/h with norfloxacin [P = 0.08]). Similarly, no significant differences were observed in theophylline half-life (P = 0.11). We conclude that norfloxacin is unlikely to have a clinically significant effect on theophylline disposition in most patients.
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