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. 1974 Apr;53(4):1101–1107. doi: 10.1172/JCI107647

Increased Clearance of Antipyrine and d-Propranolol after Phenobarbital Treatment in the Monkey

RELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ENZYME INDUCTION AND INCREASED HEPATIC BLOOD FLOW

Robert A Branch 1,2, David G Shand 1,2, Grant R Wilkinson 1,2, Alan S Nies 1,2
PMCID: PMC333095  PMID: 4205524

Abstract

The effects of phenobarbital treatment for 12 days on the regional distribution of blood flow and on the disposition of two model drugs, antipyrine and d-propranolol, have been determined in six unanesthetized rhesus monkeys. Phenobarbital significantly increased total hepatic blood flow from 179±15 to 239±27 ml/min. Liver weight was increased to a similar degree (34%) in phenobarbital-treated animals as compared to control monkeys. The clearance of both antipyrine and d-propranolol was increased and the half-life decreased significantly by phenobarbital. Analysis of the data by a perfusion-limited pharmacokinetic model showed that the changes in antipyrine clearance were due almost entirely to enzyme induction. On the other hand, with d-propranolol, the increase in liver blood flow contributed as much to the enhanced clearance as did the stimulation of drug metabolism. The mechanism by which phenobarbital produces the frequently observed increase in drug clearance, therefore, depends upon the initial clearance value of the drug. For low clearance drugs like antipyrine, clearance changes occur largely as a result of enzyme induction. With higher clearance drugs, the effects of increased hepatic blood flow become progressively more important the greater the initial clearance value.

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