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. 2012 Aug;82(2):226–235. doi: 10.1124/mol.112.078154

TABLE 4.

Effects of potential treatment strategies on the pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of GHB (1500 mg/kg i.v.)

Data are presented as mean (SD); n = 3 to 5. Control = administration of GHB 1500 mg/kg intravenously. SCH50911 and l-lactate were administered intravenously 5 min after GHB. l-Lactate was administered as a 66 mg/kg bolus followed by a 302.5 mg/kg/h infusion for 8 h. One-way analysis of variance followed by Tukey's post hoc test was used to detect statistically significant differences in mean pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic parameters.

Control SCH50911
l-Lactate 5 mg/kg SCH50911 + l-Lactate
50 mg/kg 10 mg/kg 5 mg/kg 2.5 mg/kg
Cl, ml · kg−1 · min−1 5.16 (0.70) 6.17 (0.41) 6.13 (0.22) 6.13 (0.23) 6.05 (0.69) 6.40 (0.62)a 7.61 (0.062)a,b,c
ClR, ml · kg−1 · min−1 3.18 (0.66) 3.37 (0.038) 4.03 (0.21) 3.78 (0.36) 3.56 (0.50) 4.22 (0.63)a 5.28 (0.42)a,b
Clm, ml · kg−1 · min−1 1.99 (0.17) 2.80 (0.52)a 2.09 (0.37) 2.35 (0.17) 2.50 (0.19) 2.19 (0.55) 2.33 (0.44)
Frequency ABEC, breaths 10500 (2700) d 3690 (1440)a 5500 (1440)a 8720 (513) 5470 (1550)a 3170 (957)a
Frequency Emax, breaths/min 17 (7) 51 (3)a 44 (6)a 33 (2) 24 (5) 45 (6)a
Td, h 4.35 (1.3) 2.50 (0.20)a 3.15 (0.28) 4.62 (1.2) 2.45 (0.62)a 2.17 (0.14)a
a

Significantly different from control (P < 0.05).

b

Significantly different from 5 mg/kg SCH50911 alone (P < 0.05).

c

Significantly different from l-lactate alone (P < 0.05).

d

—, no ABEC, Emax, or Td values could be calculated because respiration is similar to the baseline values; no significant decrease in frequency compared with baseline was observed after administration of 50 mg/kg SCH50911.