title: Comparative pharmacokinetics of zimelidine and desipramine in man following acute and chronic administration.
abstract: Single dose and steady-state pharmacokinetics of zimelidine and desipramine were compared in eight depressed patients who were subjects in a double-blind crossover study. Within the same patient, there was no relationship between the pharmacokinetics of desipramine (pharmacokinetically similar to all other tricyclic antidepressants) and those of zimelidin, a bicyclic antidepressant. The weight-corrected dose of zimelidine gives a reasonable index of the concentration of its active metabolite norzimelidine, which predominates over zimelidine by a ratio of approximately 3 to 1. The variation in steady-state concentration of norzimelidine for a given dose of zimelidine in adults is about twofold and can be reduced by correcting for weight.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000341:Affective Disorders, Psychotic / Q000188:drug therapy; D000368:Aged; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001977:Brompheniramine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003891:Desipramine / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015031:Zimeldine
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D011725:Pyridines; D015031:Zimeldine; D001977:Brompheniramine; D003891:Desipramine