title: Disposition and excretion of flunixin meglumine in horses.
abstract: The disposition of flunixin meglumine administered IV at a dosage of 1.1 mg/kg was described by a 2-compartment model; the alpha and beta half-lives (t1/2) were 0.61 and 1.5 hours, respectively. When administered IV at a rate of 2.2 mg/kg, the disposition was best described by a 3-compartment model, and the alpha, beta, and lambda t1/2 were 0.16, 1.52, and 6.00 hours, respectively. The zero-time plasma concentrations after flunixin meglumine was administered at 1.1 and 2.2 mg/kg were 9.3 +/- 0.76 and 21.5 +/- 7.4 mg/L, respectively. The bioavailability after oral administration of 1.1 mg/kg was 85.8%. The absorption t1/2 was 0.57 hours, with a peak concentration of 2.50 +/- 1.25 mg/L. The cumulative urinary recoveries for IV and oral administrations were 61.0% and 63.3%, respectively, of the dose for the 12-hour collection period. The final asymptotic points of urine excretion after IV and oral administrations were 406.4 +/- 65.5 and 357.7 +/- 53.5 mg, respectively, which represented 75.5 and 77.5% of the drug accounted for between 30 and 35 hours after administration. Flunixin meglumine was rapidly excreted in urine over a 2- to 4-hour period after drug administration and was highly bound to protein in plasma.
authors.affiliation: School of Veterinary Medicine, New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania, Kennett Square 19348-1692.
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Soma
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Behrend
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rudy
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Sweeney
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D001682:Biological Availability; D003002:Clonixin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006736:Horses / Q000378:metabolism*; D007275:Injections, Intravenous / Q000662:veterinary; D009539:Nicotinic Acids / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D011485:Protein Binding; D012044:Regression Analysis
chemical_list: D009539:Nicotinic Acids; C014558:flunixin meglumine; D003002:Clonixin