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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 30.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Perinatol. 2012 Aug 8;30(4):275–281. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1323590

Table 1.

Steady-state pharmacokinetic parameters of nifedipine and its oxidized metabolite during pregnancy

Parameter Nifedipine Oxidized Nifedipine
Cmax (μg/L) 165±112 (40.6 – 397) 89.9±80.9 (14.4 – 236)
Cave (μg/L) 41.2±31.0 (12.2–119) 20.4±15.0 (4.48 – 56.1)
kel (h−1) 0.55±0.20 (0.10 – 0.87) 0.59±0.34 (0.15 – 1.3)
t1/2 (h) 1.68±1.56 (0.79 – 6.91) 1.67±1.19 (0.54 – 4.7)
CL/F (L/h) 128±80.4 (39.1–274.8)
Vd/F(L) 295±262 (60.6–832)

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (range).