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H E Booker

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PubMed1970

Clinical neurology.

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Cerebrovascular Disorders↗
PubMed1969

Clinical neurology.

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Cerebrovascular Disorders↗
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Bioavailability of oral and intramuscular phenobarbital.

The absorption of phenobarbital was compared in healthy adult subjects after oral and intramuscular therapeutic doses. Serum levels of phenobarbital were determined for 21 days after dosing by means of radioimmunoassay. Serum levels were similar from both dosage routes, with peak levels occurring at 1-3 hours after dosing and then declining slowly with an elimination half-life of about 90 hours. The overall efficiency of phenobarbital absorption from intramuscular doses was approximately 80 per cent of that from equivalent oral doses. Except in cases where oral dosing is not appropriate, there is no clinical advantage in giving phenobarbital intramuscularly to adult patients.

Administration, Oral↗
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Pharmacokinetics of phenobarbital following single and repeated doses.

Serum levels of phenobarbital, and also urinary excretion of phenobarbital and p-hydroxyphenobarbital, were examined after single and repeated oral doses of phenobarbital to three male subjects. Serum levels of phenobarbital at steady state were approximately ten times as high as those after a single dose. The overall elimination rate constant for loss of phenobarbital from serum, Kel, was significantly reduced after repeated doses, and Cmax infinity values calculated from single-dose data poorly predicted observed Cmax infinity values. Five-day urinary excretion of phenobarbital and p-hydroxyphenobarbital accounted for 16 and 21 per cent, respectively, of the initial dose. Due to extensive drug accumulation, 83 per cent of the final dose was excreted in five-day urine as phenobarbital and 85 per cent, as p-hydroxyphenobarbital. Comparison of plasma and renal clearances indicated that the rate of phenobarbital metabolism was reduced owing to repeated dosing, while the rate of urinary excretion of parent drug was unchanged.

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