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. 2018 Feb 15;42(5):285–292. doi: 10.1093/jat/bky007

Table II.

Pharmacokinetic parameters for cocaine and metabolites after oral and intravenous cocaine administration*

Analyte C max (ng/mL) T max (h) T 1/2 (h) AUC (ng h/mL) V d (L/kg) Clearance (mL/[min kg]) AUC ratio metabolite: cocaine
Dose Mean (SEM) range Mean (SEM) range Mean (SEM) range Mean (SEM) range Mean (SEM) range Mean (SEM) range Mean (SEM) range
COC
 IV 40 mg 301 (61.6)a 0.17 (0.03)a 1.1 (0.1)a 306 (32.2)a 1.3 (0.2)a 32.7 (2.7)a NA
111–925 0.05–0.33 0.8–1.5 182–656 0.3–2.5 10.8–53.3
 Oral 100 mg 115 (14.7)b 1.3 (0.1)b 1.2 (0.1)b 235 (30.0)a 4.2 (0.5)b 116.2 (13.1)b NA
45.1–201 0.8–2.0 0.8–1.4 115–448 1.6–7.5 51.5–190.2
 Oral 200 mg 268 (33.2)a 1.3 (0.2)b 1.3 (0.1)c 654 (90.0)b 2.9 (0.5)c 87.5 (12.9)b NA
67.0–570 0.8–3.0 1.0–2.0 151–1,510 1.2–7.6 38.9–221.4
BZE
 IV 40 mg 274 (29)a 2.0 (0.3)a 6.0 (0.3)a 2,886 (204)a 10.1 (0.8)a
172–614 0.8–4.0 4.7–8.2 2,051–4,604 5.5–16.2
 Oral 100 mg 587 (37)b 2.0 (0.2)a 5.8 (0.3)b 5,782 (441)b 27.1 (1.9)b
353–826 1.0–3.0 4.5–8.2 3,785–9,351 16.2–38.2
 Oral 200 mg 951 (56)c 3.0 (0.2)b 6.2 (0.3)c 11,132 (786)c 20.1 (2.4)c
586–1,296 1.5–4.0 4.8–9.1 6,892–16,453 8.8–45.9
EME
 IV 40 mg 24 (3)a 1.9 (0.2) 5.4 (0.7)a 226 (32)a 0.8 (0.1)a
7–52 1.0–3.0 2.9–11.7 77–507.1 0.3–1.3
 Oral 100 mg 179 (15)b 1.9 (0.2) 3.2 (0.2)b 1,019 (68.2)b 5.2 (0.7)b
122–277 1.0–3.0 2.3–4.5 680.5–1,524 1.8–9.3
 Oral 200 mg 301 (18)c 2.2 (0.2)c 3.4 (0.2)b 1,976 (119.5)c 4.3 (1.1)b
227–408 1.0–4.0 2.6–4.2 1,176–2,930 1.3–17.4

*Data are typically means of n = 14. There was a dose effect for all listed parameters (except for EME Tmax), with P values ranging from <0.0001 to 0.027. Values within each analyte that do not share a letter are significantly different.

COC = Cocaine; BZE = Benzoylecgonine; EME = Ecgonine methyl ester; NA = Not applicable.