COMPARATIVE PHARMACOKINETICS OF LOVASTATIN, SIMVASTATIN AND PRAVASTATIN IN HUMANS

被引:102
作者
PENTIKAINEN, PJ
SARAHEIMO, M
SCHWARTZ, JI
AMIN, RD
SCHWARTZ, MS
BRUNNERFERBER, F
ROGERS, JD
机构
[1] MERCK SHARP & DOHME LTD,DEPT CLIN PHARMACOL,POB 200,WBD 320,RAHWAY,NJ 07065
[2] MERCK SHARP & DOHME LTD,DEPT DRUG METAB,RAHWAY,NJ 07065
[3] UNIV HELSINKI,DEPT MED 3,SF-00100 HELSINKI 10,FINLAND
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10.1002/j.1552-4604.1992.tb03818.x
中图分类号
R9 [药学];
学科分类号
1007 ;
摘要
Twelve healthy male volunteers received single market-image 40-mg oral doses of lovastatin and simvastatin (both lactone prodrugs), or pravastatin (alpha beta-hydroxyacid) at 1 week intervals in a three-way crossover study to quantify HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors in plasma. Multiple plasma samples were collected up to 24 hours after the dose and assayed for active and total HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors. After equal oral doses, higher plasma concentrations of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitory activity after pravastatin than after either lovastatin of simvastatin (2-3 fold greater area under the concentration-time curve) suggest a greater potential availability of pravastatin-related inhibitory activity to peripheral tissues.
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