Felbamate pharmacokinetics in the rat, rabbit, and dog

Rats, rabbits, and dogs were given single iv or single and multiple oral doses of felbamate ranging from 1.6-1000 mg/kg. Absorption of oral drug was complete in all species. The mean Cmax increased with dose from 13.9 to 185.9 micrograms/ml in rats, from 19.1 to 161.9 micrograms/ml in rabbits, and f...

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Published inDrug metabolism and disposition Vol. 19; no. 6; p. 1116
Main Authors Adusumalli, V E, Yang, J T, Wong, K K, Kucharczyk, N, Sofia, R D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.11.1991
Subjects
Administration, Oral
Animals
Anticonvulsants - metabolism
Anticonvulsants - pharmacokinetics
Anticonvulsants - toxicity
Dogs
Female
Intestinal Absorption
Lethal Dose 50
Male
Phenylcarbamates
Pregnancy
Propylene Glycols - metabolism
Propylene Glycols - pharmacokinetics
Propylene Glycols - toxicity
Protein Binding
Rabbits
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Tissue Distribution
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Summary:Rats, rabbits, and dogs were given single iv or single and multiple oral doses of felbamate ranging from 1.6-1000 mg/kg. Absorption of oral drug was complete in all species. The mean Cmax increased with dose from 13.9 to 185.9 micrograms/ml in rats, from 19.1 to 161.9 micrograms/ml in rabbits, and from 12.6 to 168.4 micrograms/ml in dogs. The tmax also increased with dose from 1-8 hr in rats, 8-24 hr in rabbits, and 3-7 hr in dogs. The plasma elimination half-life for the drug increased with dose from 2-16.7 hr in rats, 7.2-17.8 hr in rabbits, and 4.1-4.5 hr in dogs. A proportional increase in Cmax with dose was observed in all species up to 300-400 mg/kg doses. A biexponential equation fitted the drug plasma concentration vs. time data well. For multiple oral doses of 50 mg/kg or less, projected and observed steady-state concentrations agreed well. Animals dosed with [14C]felbamate eliminated most of the radioactivity in urine (58-87.7%), less in feces (7-23.7%), with considerable amounts in the bile. In rats, radioactivity was readily distributed into tissues and crossed the placenta and blood-brain barrier, but no accumulation in any tissue was observed. The volume of distribution was 131, 54, and 72% of body weight for rats, rabbits, and dogs, respectively. Binding of drug to rat, rabbit, and dog plasma proteins ranged from 22.4-35.9%. The overall plasma clearance of the drug for rats, rabbits, and dogs was 327, 52, and 108 ml.h-1.kg-1, respectively. Renal clearance of unchanged drug accounted for an estimated 20-35% and hepatic clearance due to metabolism for 65-80% of the overall clearance.
ISSN:0090-9556