Abstract
Two cephalosporin antibiotics, cefaclor and cephalexin, were administered orally to healthy, adult male volunteers for comparison of their pharmacological properties. In doses of 250 mg orally, cefaclor produced a peak serum concentration of 6.01 ± 0.55 (standard deviation [SD]) μg/ml compared with 9.43 ± 2.36 μg/ml for cephalexin (P < 0.01). The half-lives were 0.58 ± 0.07 (SD) h and 0.80 ± 0.12 (SD) h, and elimination constants were 1.22 ± 0.15 and 0.88 ± 0.13 h−1 for cefaclor and cephalexin, respectively (P < 0.001). Neither drug showed accumulation over the dosing period, and both were well tolerated.
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