PMID: 6406987Mar 1, 1983Paper

Effect of dose and ointment application technique on nitroglycerin plasma concentrations

Pharmacotherapy
R P IafrateG J Caranasos

Abstract

Each of ten non-smoking, healthy male volunteers between the ages of 20 and 30 and within 10% of their ideal body weight received four nitroglycerin ointment (NTG-O) treatments: 1/2" NTG-O over 3.94 in2 and 7.88 in2, and 1" NTG-O over 3.94 in2 and 7.88 in2 in a randomized order. Eleven blood samples and 22 determinations of heart rate and blood pressure were obtained over each 6-hour study period. Nitroglycerin plasma concentrations were determined by gas-liquid chromatography with electron capture detection. Area under the nitroglycerin plasma concentration-time curve (AUC), peak plasma concentration (Cmax), and time to peak concentration (Tmax) were determined for each study. Cmax and AUC values were corrected for the actual dose applied. Differences between AUC, Cmax and Tmax were tested using repeated measures analysis of variance. Change in surface area had no statistically significant effect on AUC, Cmax and Tmax. Mean AUC for the 1/2" and 1" doses differed (648 vs 2003 ng.ml-1 min, p = 0.016), as did Cmax (4.6 vs 12.4 ng.ml-1, p = 0.022); however, there was no correlation between individual doses and AUCs. Generally, NTG plasma concentrations within the proposed therapeutic range of 1.2-11.1 ng.ml-1 were detectable throu...Continue Reading

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