PMID: 8602376Nov 1, 1995Paper

The effect of cimetidine and ranitidine administration with zidovudine

Pharmacotherapy
C V FletcherH H Balfour

Abstract

To evaluate the possibility of a drug interaction with zidovudine and histamine2-receptor antagonists in individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. Randomized crossover study. University-affiliated research center. Six HIV-infected individuals. The subjects received 7-day regimens of zidovudine 600 mg/day alone, zidovudine with cimetidine 1200 mg/day, and zidovudine with ranitidine 300 mg/day. The renal clearance of zidovudine when given alone was 0.41 L/kg/hour, and was reduced to 0.18 L/kg/hour (p = 0.002) when given with cimetidine. In the presence of cimetidine the urinary excretion of zidovudine decreased from 89.5 to 53.7 microM (p = 0.01), the urinary ratio of metabolite to parent increased from 5.16 to 9.96 (p = 0.0001), and the fraction of zidovudine converted to metabolite increased from 0.86 to 0.92 (p = 0.0025). Cimetidine presumably inhibits the renal clearance of zidovudine by competing for tubular secretion. Based on the observation that neither cimetidine nor ranitidine had a significant effect on serum concentrations of zidovudine or zidovudine glucuronide, a change in the dosage of zidovudine is not warranted.

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