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. 1994 Mar;38(3):628–631. doi: 10.1128/aac.38.3.628

Impact of dosing schedule upon suppression of a retrovirus in a murine model of AIDS encephalopathy.

J A Bilello 1, J L Eiseman 1, H C Standiford 1, G L Drusano 1
PMCID: PMC284511  PMID: 8203866

Abstract

We studied the impact of zidovudine (AZT) in Cas-Br-M murine leukemia virus-infected NFS-N mice after administration by once-daily bolus or continuous infusion. While higher peak concentrations of AZT were achieved by once-daily dosing, continuous AZT infusion at 25 micrograms/h maintained levels > 1 microM in plasma and > 0.2 microM in the brain. Continuous infusion provided significantly better viral inhibition, even though total doses were only one-third that of the once-daily therapy group.

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