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J Vatier

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[Antacid activity of citrate-bicarbonate complex of effervescent formulations of ranitidine. In vitro analysis using 'artificial stomach-duodenum' model].

Antacid activity supported by citrate-bicarbonate complex of four effervescent ranitidine forms has been assessed in vitro using an 'artificial stomach-duodenum' model controlled by microcomputer. This model allows (i) maintenance of constant the rates of the fluxes throughout the experiments or (ii) simulation of gastroduodenal flux regulation, in the normal subject (NS) or in the duodenal ulcer patient (DU) situation. The four forms developed a theoretical maximal antacid capacity between 61 and 81 mmol with a maximum intragastric pH between 3.2 and 4.8. In the gastroduodenal flux regulation simulation, antacid activity duration was rapid and included between 85 and 118 min in NS situation (50 to 56 mmol H+ consumed) and between 75 and 93 min in DU situation (43 to 47 mmol H+ consumed). The reduction of acid load penetrating into the duodenum was contained between 36 and 50 per cent. Effervescent compounds exerted a neutralising activity and a buffering capacity close to pH 6.0 (5 per cent of total antacid capacity), related to antacid potency.

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In vitro assessment of antacid efficacy using a computer-controlled 'artificial stomach-duodenum' model reproducing gastroduodenal flux regulation.

We have developed an artificial stomach-duodenum model made up of three compartments representing the stomach, (including a fragment of hog gastric mucosa), the proximal duodenum, and the distal duodenum. Gastroduodenal flow rates are controlled by a microcomputer capable of (1) adjusting gastric emptying and alkaline secretion in the proximal duodenum according to intragastric pH; (2) adjusting pancreatic alkaline secretion according to proximal duodenum pH; and (3) simulating acid response to food ingestion. Antacid drugs were added 90 min after simulated food ingestion in near-physiological or duodenal ulcer conditions. Aluminum phosphate-containing antacids resulted in a persistent antacid effect, due to their adsorption to the gastric mucosa; this prolonged the buffering capacity at pH 2.4 to 120 min. Aluminum+magnesium hydroxides and calcium+magnesium carbonate combinations mainly exerted neutralizing activity, inducing an increase in the gastric emptying rate. In the duodenal ulcer simulation, the pH of the gastric contents was lower and the antacid effect was shorter than in the 'physiological' simulation.

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