title: Amiodarone pharmacokinetics.
abstract: The single-dose pharmacokinetics of amiodarone have been studied in volunteer subjects given 400 mg doses by the intravenous and oral routes. The data show the compound to have a very large volume of distribution, a low total clearance, and a long and variable terminal elimination half-life. In patients the terminal elimination half-life was on the order of 40 days, with a more rapid phase of elimination in the first few days following the withdrawal of therapy. The terminal elimination half-life of desethylamiodarone was longer than that of the parent compound. High concentrations of amiodarone and its desethyl metabolite were found in tissue samples, with fat forming a potentially large tissue reservoir of the drug.
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000638:Amiodarone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; C036116:desethylamiodarone; D000638:Amiodarone