title: Pharmacokinetics of molsidomine and its active metabolite, linsidomine, in patients with liver cirrhosis.
abstract: The pharmacokinetics of molsidomine were investigated in six healthy volunteers and in seven patients with alcoholic cirrhosis. After a 2 mg oral dose, molsidomine elimination half-life was prolonged in cirrhotic patients (13.1 +/- 10.0 h vs 1.2 +/- 0.2 h, P less than 0.01) because of a decrease in its apparent plasma clearance (CL/F) (39.8 +/- 31.9 ml h-1 kg-1 in patients with cirrhosis vs 590 +/- 73 ml h-1 kg-1 in volunteers). The elimination half-life of the active metabolite, linsidomine (SIN-1) was also prolonged in cirrhotic patients (7.5 +/- 5.4 h vs 1.0 +/- 0.19 h, P less than 0.05). The AUC values of both molsidomine and linsidomine were increased in the cirrhotic group, but the increase in the former was considerably greater than in the latter as shown by the significant decrease of the ratio AUClinsidomine/AUCmolsidomine x 100 (4.5 +/- 6.1 in cirrhotic patients vs 23.5 +/- 3.4 in healthy volunteers, P less than 0.001). These results suggest that liver cirrhosis profoundly alters the pharmacokinetics and metabolism of molsidomine.
authors.affiliation: Département de Biochimie-Pharmacologie-Toxicologie, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Le Chesnay, France.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Spreux-Varoquaux
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Doll
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dutot
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Grandjean
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cordonnier
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pays
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Andrieu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Advenier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008981:Molsidomine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: C002385:linsidomine; D008981:Molsidomine