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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Vet Pharmacol Ther. 2010 Feb;33(1):15–21. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2885.2009.01098.x

Table 3.

Codeine-6-glucuronide pharmacokinetic parameters after codeine administration to 6 healthy Greyhound dogs.

IV Per Os
Geometric Mean Min Median Max Geometric Mean Min Median Max
Dose (codeine) mg/kg 0.734 0.734 0.734 0.734 1.43 1.13 1.53 1.62
AUCextrap % 11.58 8.18 12.06 15.10 17.41 13.73 16.06 32.25
AUC0-inf hr* ng/mL 3858.60 2889.75 3853.13 4691.82 8157.80 5929.60 7311.42 14842.15
AUMC0-inf hr*hr*ng/mL 16184.41 12162.27 16175.49 21476.09 31612.94 22674.87 30850.58 49411.69
Cl/F mL/min/kg 3.17 2.61 3.19 4.23 3.94 2.38 3.85 5.65
CMAX ng/mL 735.75 572.00 756.00 919.00 1952.86 1160.00 1675.00 4280.00
T – λz hr 2.25 1.94 2.28 2.55 1.94 1.70 1.92 2.49
λz /hr 0.31 0.27 0.30 0.36 0.36 0.28 0.36 0.41
MRT hr 4.19 3.66 4.25 4.66 3.88 3.33 3.68 5.53
TMAX hr 1.59 1.00 2.00 2.00 1.62 1.00 1.50 3.00
Vz/F L/kg 0.62 0.44 0.63 0.84 0.66 0.40 0.61 1.22
Frelative % 109 90 106 150