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. 2016 Mar 2;18(3):728–736. doi: 10.1208/s12248-016-9885-2

Table III.

Pediatric and adult biopharmaceutical classification system of the 38 oral drugs used in the study

Biopharmaceutical classification system
Newborn (neonate) Age (years) Adult
0.5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Albendazole Not given to this subpopulation II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II
Amitriptyline Not given to this subpopulation II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II
Amoxicillin IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV III III III III III III III
Azithromycin Not given to this subpopulation II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II
Carbamazepine II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II
Cefalexin IV IV IV IV IV IV III IV IV IV IV IV IV III III III III III III III
Chloramphenicol IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV III III III III III III III III III III
Ciprofloxacin III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III
Clindamycin IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV
Cloxacillin II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II
Cyclizine I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
Dexamethasone I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
Diazepam II II II II I I II II II II I I I II II II I I I I
Diethylcarbamazine III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III
Doxycycline Not given to this subpopulation IV IV IV IV IV IV III
Erythromycin II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II I
Ethosuximide III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III
Fluoxetine HCl Not given to this subpopulation I I I I I I I I I I
Ibuprofen II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II
Ivermectin II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II
Levamisole HCl I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
Loratadine Not given to this subpopulation II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II
Mebendazole Not given to this subpopulation II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II
Metronidazole III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III
Midazolam II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II
Morphine III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III
Niclosamide II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II
Nitrofurantoin IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV
Oxamniquine IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV
Paracetamol III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III
Phenobarbital IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV III III III III III III III III III III III
Phenoxy-methylpenicillin III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III
Phenytoin II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II
Praziquantel II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II
Prednisolone IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV III III III III III III III III III
Sulfamethoxazole IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV
Trimethoprim IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV III III III IV
Valproic acid II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II

Italicized drugs are the drugs that did not change their solubility class; drugs in bold are the drugs that change their solubility class