Choice of optimum pharmacokinetic model of orally administered paracetamol

The present work studies the characterization of the pharmacokinetic profile of paracetamol following oral administration of DUOROL tablets containing 500 mg of the active compound. Analysis is made of the influence of statistical weighting on the selection of the pharmacokinetic model chosen. In th...

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Published inBiopharmaceutics & drug disposition Vol. 9; no. 4; p. 389
Main Authors Pedraz, J L, Calvo, M B, Lanao, J M, Dominguez-Gil, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.07.1988
Subjects
Acetaminophen - administration & dosage
Acetaminophen - blood
Acetaminophen - pharmacokinetics
Administration, Oral
Humans
Models, Biological
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Summary:The present work studies the characterization of the pharmacokinetic profile of paracetamol following oral administration of DUOROL tablets containing 500 mg of the active compound. Analysis is made of the influence of statistical weighting on the selection of the pharmacokinetic model chosen. In the model proposed, the uptake of the drug into the systemic circulation is described by two first-order sequential kinetic processes. The values of the first order rate constants that define the absorption process have values of 4.79 and 9.73 h-1. Validation of the absorption model proposed was performed by applying the Wagner-Nelson method, according to which values of 4.63 and 10.95 h-1 were obtained for each of the constants defining the uptake of the drug into the systemic circulation.
ISSN:0142-2782
DOI:10.1002/bod.2510090407