Table 3.

Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate-Equivalent Concentrations in Plasma

Dose	Cmax (ng/mL)	t½ (h)	AUC (ng · h/mL)	Estimated Cmax in human27,28(ng/mL)
4% DSP, 5 min	148 ± 71	3.1 ± 2.2	418 ± 93	2 ± 1
4% DSP, 20 min	795 ± 344	2.3 ± 0.6	996 ± 144	11 ± 5
15% DSP, 5 min	1,188 ± 306	1.7 ± 0.9	1,595 ± 418	16 ± 4
15% DSP, 20 min	1,844 ± 664	2.7 ± 0.3	3,779 ± 472	25 ± 9

AUC, the area under the plasma drug concentration versus time curve.