title: A comparative bioavailability of 2 oral solid phenytoin dosage forms.
abstract: The comparative bioavailability of two phenytoin products, Phenytoin Sodium (CAPS (Pvt) Ltd) and Epanutin (Parke-Davis (Pty) Ltd) was studied. Single dose studies carried out in eight healthy volunteers showed that CAPS Phenytoin exhibited a small but significantly higher bioavailability  (P less than 0.05). The AUC (0-72 hr) for CAPS Phenytoin was 50.61 microgram/ml/hr compared to 45.09 au/ml/hr for Epanutin. The time to peak concentrations, Tmax, was significantly longer in CAPS Phenytoin when compared to Epanutin being 3.75 hr and 3.25 hr respectively (P less than 0.05) and the peak concentrations Cmax, achieved after single dose administration showed that CAPS Phenytoin exhibited higher levels than Spanutin (1.76 au/ml and 1.58 au/ml respectively) although these differences were not statistically significant. Multiple dose studies carried out in four healthy volunteers and two epileptic patients showed that changes from one product to the other did not produce any significant differences in the steady state phenytoin levels.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Naik
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Morton
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000328:Adult; D001682:Biological Availability; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010672:Phenytoin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D011897:Random Allocation
chemical_list: D010672:Phenytoin