title: Single-dose pharmacokinetics of nizatidine (Axid) in children.
abstract: The pharmacokinetics of nizatidine following a single 5.0 mg/kg oral dose given as an extemporaneous liquid formulation in apple juice was examined in 12 healthy children (8.0 +/- 2.4 years, 30.7 +/- 8.4 kg). Nizatidine and N-desmethylnizatidine were quantitated by HPLC/MS from five post dose blood samples taken over a 12-hour period. The apparent terminal elimination rate constant for nizatidine in the pediatric subjects (0.58 +/- 0.8h(-1)) was virtually identical to that (0.54 +/- 0.13 h(-1)) previously reported from adult studies. When corrected for an estimated 30% reduction in nizatidine oral bioavailability observed in adults upon coingestion of the drug with other fruit/vegetable juices, nizatidine pharmacokinetic parameter estimates (e.g., Cmax, CL/F, Vss/F) in our pediatric subjects were similar to those previously reported in adults who were administered dimensionally similar (e.g., approximately 4 mg/kg) solid oral doses of the drug. Examination of the mean area under the curve (i.e., AUC0-infinity for nizatidine and N-desmethylnizatidine suggested an approximate 15% metabolic conversion of the parent drug. Finally, nizatidine plasma concentrations in pediatric patients following a single 5.0 mg/kg oral dose exceeded the EC50 value of the drug for gastric acid suppression determined from adult studies for approximately 6 hours.
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D019540:Area Under Curve; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005260:Female; D006207:Half-Life; D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016567:Nizatidine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*
chemical_list: D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists; C066301:N-desmethylnizatidine; D016567:Nizatidine