title: Lack of effect of cimetidine on the pharmacokinetics of bupivacaine in healthy subjects.
abstract: 1. The possibility of a pharmacokinetic interaction between the H2-receptor antagonist cimetidine and the long-acting local anaesthetic agent bupivacaine was studied in seven healthy, non-smoking volunteers. 2. The study consisted of two sessions at a minimum interval of 4 days. In a randomized, crossover fashion, the volunteers received bupivacaine HCl 1.4 mg kg-1 by i.m. injection at two occasions, once after no premedication, and once after two oral doses of 400 mg cimetidine. The concentrations of bupivacaine and its metabolites, 4'-hydroxybupivacaine and desbutylbupivacaine, were assayed by h.p.l.c., in serum up to 8 h and in urine fractions up to 24 h. 3. No influence of cimetidine on the pharmacokinetics of bupivacaine or on the serum cumulation of urinary recovery of its measured metabolites was detected. 4. These data suggest that cimetidine may be used safely as a premedication before local anaesthetic procedures with bupivacaine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Pihlajamäki
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Lindberg
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Jantunen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002045:Bupivacaine / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D002927:Cimetidine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D002927:Cimetidine; D002045:Bupivacaine