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Bioavailability of hydroxychloroquine tablets in healthy volunteers.

Bioavailability of hydroxychloroquine tablets in healthy volunteers. 1. Five healthy volunteers received, in a randomised crossover design study, a 155 mg oral tablet and an intravenous infusion of 155 mg racemic hydroxychloroquine (200 mg hydroxychloroquine sulphate) to assess the bioavailability of the commercially available tablet (Plaquenil, Winthrop Laboratories, Australia). 2. The terminal elimination half‐life of hydroxychloroquine is more than 40 days, thus blood and urine samples were collected for 5 months following each dose to characterise adequately the terminal elimination phase and obtain accurate estimates of the areas under the concentration‐time curves. 3. The mean (+/‐ s.d.) fraction of the oral dose absorbed, estimated from the blood and urine data, was 0.74 (+/‐ 0.13). A wide range of estimates of the fraction of the oral dose absorbed was calculated from the plasma data (0.41 ‐ 1.53), reflecting the difficulties of accurate measurement of hydroxychloroquine in plasma. 4. A period of 6 months is required to achieve 96% of steady‐state levels of hydroxychloroquine with the usual once daily, oral dosage regimen. Pharmacokinetic factors may thus be partly responsible for the delayed action of the drug in rheumatic conditions. 5. Haemodialysis will not aid in the case of oral overdose with hydroxychloroquine. Although the proportionate increase in clearance may be large, the increase in the fraction of the dose excreted will be negligible. The extensive sequestration of the drug by tissues limits effectiveness of haemodialysis. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology Wiley

Bioavailability of hydroxychloroquine tablets in healthy volunteers.

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Copyright © 1989 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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0306-5251
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1365-2125
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10.1111/j.1365-2125.1989.tb03439.x
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Abstract

1. Five healthy volunteers received, in a randomised crossover design study, a 155 mg oral tablet and an intravenous infusion of 155 mg racemic hydroxychloroquine (200 mg hydroxychloroquine sulphate) to assess the bioavailability of the commercially available tablet (Plaquenil, Winthrop Laboratories, Australia). 2. The terminal elimination half‐life of hydroxychloroquine is more than 40 days, thus blood and urine samples were collected for 5 months following each dose to characterise adequately the terminal elimination phase and obtain accurate estimates of the areas under the concentration‐time curves. 3. The mean (+/‐ s.d.) fraction of the oral dose absorbed, estimated from the blood and urine data, was 0.74 (+/‐ 0.13). A wide range of estimates of the fraction of the oral dose absorbed was calculated from the plasma data (0.41 ‐ 1.53), reflecting the difficulties of accurate measurement of hydroxychloroquine in plasma. 4. A period of 6 months is required to achieve 96% of steady‐state levels of hydroxychloroquine with the usual once daily, oral dosage regimen. Pharmacokinetic factors may thus be partly responsible for the delayed action of the drug in rheumatic conditions. 5. Haemodialysis will not aid in the case of oral overdose with hydroxychloroquine. Although the proportionate increase in clearance may be large, the increase in the fraction of the dose excreted will be negligible. The extensive sequestration of the drug by tissues limits effectiveness of haemodialysis.

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British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology – Wiley

Published: Jun 1, 1989

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