title: Pharmacokinetics of flecainide in a patient undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
abstract: The disposition of flecainide was studied in a 60-year-old, 92 kg man, who was being administered flecainide to control ventricular arrhythmias. The patient was also being treated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) for end-stage renal disease. The patient was given two single doses of 100 mg and 200 mg of flecainide 1 week apart. Serum, dialysate and urine samples were collected at appropriate times. Areas under the serum concentration-time curves were used to calculate total body clearance, renal clearance and CAPD clearance. The values obtained were 56.6 ml/min, 6.2 ml/min and 2.2 ml/min, respectively. The percentage of a given dose of flecainide removed in 24 h by residual renal function and by CAPD was 4.7% and 1.1% respectively. It is suggested that the dosage reduction required for patients taking flecainide during CAPD should be similar to that for patients with end-stage renal disease but not on dialysis. No dosage change is required during CAPD.
mesh_terms: D001682:Biological Availability; D005424:Flecainide / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory
chemical_list: D005424:Flecainide