title: Effect of sucralfate on the absorption and pharmacokinetics of chlorpropamide.
abstract: This study compared the pharmacokinetics of chlorpropamide (C) when administered alone, or in combination with sucralfate (S) to evaluate whether a drug-drug interaction exists between these two agents in vivo. A two-way, randomized, cross-over study was performed in 12 healthy male volunteers who received 250 mg C alone or were pretreated with S qid for two days and then received a single 250-mg dose of C with S on day 3 and continued to take sucralfate throughout the day while serial blood samples were drawn. High-performance liquid chromatography determination of plasma concentrations found there to be no statistically significant differences in maximum concentration, time to maximum concentration, elimination rate constant, or area under the concentration-time curve from 0 to 96 hours. However, there was a statistically significant difference in the area under the curve from 0 to infinity data (P less than .05). The authors conclude that there appears to be no drug interaction between sucralfate and chlorpropamide when given concurrently; however, a trend towards less drug availability was seen that may warrant a future multiple-dose study to further evaluate the significance of this finding.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001682:Biological Availability; D002747:Chlorpropamide / Q000378:metabolism*; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D007408:Intestinal Absorption / Q000187:drug effects*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D013392:Sucralfate / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D013392:Sucralfate; D002747:Chlorpropamide