title: Effect of alprazolam on digoxin kinetics and creatinine clearance.
abstract: Eight healthy men received a single, 1.25 mg dose of digoxin on two occasions, once in an otherwise drug-free control state and again while concurrently receiving alprazolam, 1.5 mg/day. There was no significant difference between control and alprazolam conditions in digoxin volume of distribution (11.0 vs. 11.2 L/kg), elimination t1/2 (46 vs. 41 hours), or total clearance from serum (2.8 vs. 3.6 ml/min/kg). Alprazolam coadministration slightly reduced mean 96-hour urinary excretion of digoxin (37.6% vs. 30.9% of dose; P less than 0.01), but there was no significant difference between treatment conditions in projected total cumulative excretion of digoxin (45.2% vs. 40.9% of dose) or in renal clearance of digoxin (1.23 vs. 1.44 ml/min/kg). Creatinine clearance also did not differ between the control and alprazolam conditions (164 vs. 142 ml/min). Thus therapeutic doses of alprazolam do not significantly alter digoxin clearance in healthy man.
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Ochs
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Greenblatt
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Verburg-Ochs
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000525:Alprazolam; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001569:Benzodiazepines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003404:Creatinine / Q000378:metabolism*; D004077:Digoxin / Q000378:metabolism*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D004077:Digoxin; D003404:Creatinine; D000525:Alprazolam