title: Urinary excretion of dyphylline in humans.
abstract: The pharmacokinetics and urinary excretion of a single dyphylline dose were studied in five normal volunteers. The mean dyphylline half-life was 1.8 +/- 0.2 hr; the mean total body clearance rate and mean renal clearance rate were 333 +/- 62 and 276 +/- 52 ml/min, respectively; and the mean volume of distribution was 0.8 +/- 0.2 liter/kg. In the urine, 83 +/- 5% of the dose was excreted as unchanged drug, and theophylline was not detected. Dyphylline doses of 19--27 mg/kg, resulting in peak serum dyphylline concentrations of 19.3--23.5 micrograms/ml, were tolerated well by four subjects. One subject had a severe headache following a 28-mg/kg dose, associated with a peak serum dyphylline concentration of 36.4 micrograms/ml. This study confirms speculation that dyphylline is not metabolized to theophylline in vivo.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001682:Biological Availability; D004400:Dyphylline / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D013607:Tablets; D013806:Theophylline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D013607:Tablets; D004400:Dyphylline; D013806:Theophylline