title: Fluoride bioavailability from immediate-release sodium fluoride with calcium carbonate compared with slow-release sodium fluoride with calcium citrate.
abstract: The circadian variation in serum fluoride was compared between treatment with immediate-release sodium fluoride (IR-NaF) (30 mg) and calcium carbonate (500 mg calcium) and slow-release sodium fluoride (SR-NaF) (25 mg) and calcium citrate (400 mg calcium) in seven patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis maintained on long-term fluoride treatment. During 12 h following a dose of SR-NaF, serum fluoride levels could be largely kept within the therapeutic window (believed to be 95-190 ng/ml or 5-10 mumol/l). In contrast, IR-NaF produced a wide circadian fluctuation with peak-to-trough change of about 200 ng/ml. Compared to SR-NaF, IR-NaF caused a significantly higher peak fluoride concentration in serum (322 vs. 158 ng/ml), and greater area under the curve (2269 vs. 1321 ng.h/ml) and urinary fluoride (6.72 vs. 3.80 mg/12 h). Thus, fluoride absorption from IR-NaF was twice as high as that from SR-NaF.
authors.affiliation: Center for Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-8885.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakhaee
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Pak
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001682:Biological Availability; D002119:Calcium Carbonate; D002951:Citrates; D019343:Citric Acid; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D005260:Female; D005459:Fluorides / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D012969:Sodium Fluoride / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics
chemical_list: D002951:Citrates; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D019343:Citric Acid; D012969:Sodium Fluoride; D002119:Calcium Carbonate; D005459:Fluorides