title: [Comparison of beta-blocking agents pharmacokinetics in obese and non-obese subjects].
abstract: We compared in obese patients and normal subjects, the pharmacokinetics of three drugs with different solubility: d,l-sotalol markedly hydrophilic, d,l-propranolol highly lipophilic, d,l-bisoprolol moderately lipophilic. In obese subjects the pharmacokinetic data calculated for sotalol (total clearance (CL), volume of distribution (V beta), half-life of elimination (t1/2), were comparable with those measured in the controls. Data on bisoprolol showed that total V beta increased with excess of body weight, but V beta/kg of body weight was lower in obese subjects than in the controls, CL tended to increase and t1/2 was similar. As concerned propranolol, total V beta and V beta/kg were significantly lower in obese than in control subjects. Cl was decreased in obese patients and t1/2 was similar for both groups. It appears that in the obese the diffusion of liposoluble beta-blockers in the fatty excess weight remains limited. It is possible that a vasoconstrictive effect induced by beta-blockers in adipose tissues could restrict their tissular distribution.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pharmacologie, hôpital St-Antoine, Paris.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cheymol
mesh_terms: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D000328:Adult; D017298:Bisoprolol; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000378:metabolism*; D011412:Propanolamines / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D011433:Propranolol / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D013015:Sotalol / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D011412:Propanolamines; D011433:Propranolol; D013015:Sotalol; D017298:Bisoprolol