[Pharmacokinetic research on Pharmachem's lincomycin hydrochloride in pigs]

In the experiments lincomycin hydrochloride LMC "F" with activity 820 UI/mg was used. It was established that in pigs, 5% water solution of LMC "F", applied intramuscularly in doses of 5 and 10 mg/kg m. and internally in doses 50 and 100 mg/kg m., penetrates comparatively quickly in the blood serum, and yet in the first hour established maximal concentrations. Intramuscular injection of LMC "F" of pigs, in doses of 5 and 10 mg/kg m., creates bacteriostatic concentrations in the blood serum for 12 hours, regardless of the quantity of the dose, and applied internally has a longer duration of the retention. The biological half-life of LMC "F" after muscular application in pigs is accordingly 1.7 and 3.5 hours, and after internal application 2.3 and 2.8 hours. Applied a single time intramuscularly in pigs in doses of 5 and 10 mg/kg m., LMC "F" is resorbed from the place of application and after 3 hours is established in most high quantities in the kidney in the lungs, the liver, the bile and in the urine. Mainly it is extracted with the urine in high concentrations--about 190 mg/cm3 (on the 3-rd hour), after intramuscular injection in dose of 10 mg/kg m. The longest time the antibiotic remains in the lungs, the urine and in the bile (up to 96 hours).