title: Pharmacokinetics of high doses of piretanide in moderate to severe renal failure.
abstract: The pharmacokinetics of piretanide was studied in 10 patients with chronic renal failure. After administration of a high oral dose (12 to 192 mg) of piretanide the kinetics behaved according to an open 2-compartment model. The elimination constant in the first phase (alpha) ranged from 0.385 to 0.756 h-1 and in the second phase (beta) from 0.079 to 0.274 h-1. The corresponding elimination half-lives ranged from 55 to 108 min (t 1/2 alpha) and from 152 to 524 min (t 1/2 beta). Only an average of 2.8% of the orally administered drug was recovered in 24 h urines. Nevertheless, a good correlation was found between urinary recovery or renal clearance of the drug and residual renal function. The elimination of piretanide by non-renal mechanisms appeared to be increased when renal function was greatly diminished.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003404:Creatinine / Q000652:urine; D004232:Diuretics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004232:Diuretics; D013449:Sulfonamides; D003404:Creatinine; C015451:piretanide