title: Pharmacokinetics and bioavailability of doxycycline in humans.
abstract: The bioavailability of a new tablet of 6-deoxy-5-hydroxytetracycline (doxycycline, Doxycline Plantier) was estimated relatively to an oral solution and a commercially available capsule. Each form was administered to 12 healthy volunteers according to a replicated latin square. Statistical analysis of non-compartmental pharmacokinetic parameters - maximum concentrations, corresponding time, area under the plasma concentrations curve and unchanged amounts recovered in the urine - failed to show any difference between the tested pharmaceutical forms, although the new tablet allows to reach higher concentrations.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001682:Biological Availability; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D004318:Doxycycline