Pharmacokinetics of amiloride in renal and hepatic disease.
The pharmacokinetics of the antikaliuretic amiloride has been studied in healthy controls and in patients with chronic renal failure or hepatitis. It was 40% bound to protein. In healthy volunteers 49% of an oral dose was recovered unchanged in the urine. The renal clearance of amiloride was about 3 times the creatinine clearance, which means that it was predominantly excreted via tubular secretion. Renal impairment reduced the clearance of amiloride, causing a prolongation of the t1/2 and drug accumulation in plasma. In hepatitis the t1/2 of amiloride was prolonged and the AUC increased. Urinary recovery (Ae) of amiloride was greater in hepatitis patients than in controls.
Department of Pharmacology, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Federal Republic of Germany.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000584:Amiloride / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D005260:Female; D006207:Half-Life; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011485:Protein Binding
D001798:Blood Proteins; D000584:Amiloride