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Changes in the disposition of promethazine during multiple dosing in the rabbit
Abstract:
During a multiple dosing regimen, the area under the promethazine blood concentration-time profile progressively decreased indicating auto-induction of metabolism. The increase in promethazine clearance (mean 35%) was not reflected in changes in either elimination half-life or minimum blood concentrations during the dosing interval. This was attributed to a deep compartment in the disposition of promethazine in the rabbit. The changes in promethazine clearance were accompanied by proportionally larger changes in the clearance of the monodesmethylpromethazine metabolite. The effect of promethazine pretreatment on the clearance of antipyrine was also studied and was found to be significantly increased by a mean of 17% following pretreatment with promethazine. However, the changes in the clearance of antipyrine did not highly correlate with those of promethazine and monodesmethylpromethazine. This may indicate that promethazine induces metabolic systems in the rabbit for which antipyrine is not a good substrate.
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