title: Saliva and plasma desipramine levels in Asian and Caucasian volunteers.
abstract: Thirty-seven healthy volunteers (18 Asian, 19 Caucasian) ingested a single desipramine (DMI) dose of 1.0 mg/kg of body weight. Saliva and plasma samples were obtained at 1, 3, 5, 7, 12, 24, 48, 72, and 96 hrs after dosing. A nested repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) design was used to determine if the plasma/saliva DMI ratio varied between Asians and Caucasians over time. Regression analysis was used to assess the ability of saliva DMI to predict plasma DMI at any time point. The ANOVA results indicated no significant differences in DMI plasma/saliva ratios between Asians and Caucasians. There was a major effect of sampling time on the DMI plasma/saliva ratio (p = 0.0001), with the ratio falling from 1.78 at 1 hr to 0.15 at 96 hrs. At any given time at least 24 hrs after the dose, there was a significant relationship between saliva and plasma levels across individuals. However, across subjects, the 95 percent confidence limits for predicting plasma DMI from saliva DMI levels were relatively large. The potential roles and limitations of saliva DMI in pharmacokinetic studies and clinical drug monitoring are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033.
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Pi
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Tran-Johnson
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Suckow
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D003891:Desipramine / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012463:Saliva / Q000378:metabolism*; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D003891:Desipramine