PMID: 6539116Jan 1, 1984Paper

Pharmacokinetics of graded oral doses of sulindac in man

Arzneimittel-Forschung
J MattilaP Männistö

Abstract

Pharmacokinetics of graded doses of sulindac were studied on 9 healthy volunteers. Serum concentrations of sulindac (inactive prodrug), sulindac sulfide (active metabolite) and sulindac sulfone (inactive metabolite) were measured both after a single dose of 150 mg, 175 mg or 200 mg and on the 6th and 7th days after b.i.d. administration of the same doses. The peak and minimum concentrations of sulindac were practically not dependent on the dose. The concentration-time curves remained similar after a single dose and after the repetitive dosing. On the contrary, both sulindac sulfide and sulfone gave about twice as high serum levels at steady-state as after a single dose. As judged from several pharmacokinetic parameters, a dose of 150 mg gave significantly smaller values than the higher doses but there was no significant difference between 175 mg and 200 mg in sulindac sulfide and sulfone concentrations. The average half-lives of sulindac, sulindac sulfide and sulfone were 1.7 -4.2 h, 15.3-16.1 h and 16.6-19.6 h, respectively. Both sulindac sulfide and sulfone tended to accumulate at a repetitive dose of 200 mg. The appropriate dose of sulindac appears to be 175 mg twice daily.

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