This study aimed to investigate the concentration of pregabalin in the plasma of chicks to determine its pharmacokinetic parameters. Pregabalin (300 mg/kg) was administered orally to 42 clinically healthy Ross chicks as part of a randomized controlled study. Blood samples were collected from the jugular vein at 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, and 24 h after drug administration from six chicks per each time. The concentrations of pregabalin in the plasma samples were determined using a quantitative HPLC assay, and pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated using the PKSolver program. Pharmacokinetic parameters were determined using a noncom-partmental model. The concentrations of pregabalin were 133.80 ± 2.35, 183.20 ± 3.91, 295.60 ± 2.82, 248.40 ± 7.60, 219.00 ± 2.72 and 154.00 ± 5.50 μg/ml at the times 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, and 24 h respectively. The pharmacokinetics parameters were t1/2β 29 h, Tmax 2 h, Cmax 295 μg, Kel 0.023 h-1, MRT 43h, Vd 1.127 L/h/kg, Cl 0.026 L/h/kg and AUC0-∞ 11420.31 μg.h/ml. This study concluded that pregabalin has a long elimination half-life and poor clearance from the animal body, which is reflected in the prolonged impact of its action.
A simple, sensitive and robust method for simultaneous determination of antiepileptic drugs (gabapentin, pregabalin and vigabatrin) in human serum using GC-MS was developed and validated for clinical toxicology purposes. This method employs an emerging class of derivatization agents - alkyl chloroformates allowing the efficient and rapid derivatization of both the amino and carboxylic groups of the tested antiepileptic drugs within seconds. The derivatization protocol was optimized using the Design of Experiment statistical methodology, and the entire sample preparation requires less than 5 min. Linear calibration curves were obtained in the concentration range from 0.5 to 50.0 mg/L, with adequate accuracy (97.9-109.3%) and precision (<12.1%). The method was successfully applied to quantification of selected γ-aminobutyric acid analogs in the serum of patients in both therapeutic and toxic concentration ranges.
- MeSH
- aminy analýza krev MeSH
- antikonvulziva analýza krev MeSH
- design s pomocí počítače MeSH
- formiáty chemie MeSH
- GABA analogy a deriváty analýza krev MeSH
- kalibrace MeSH
- kyseliny cyklohexankarboxylové analýza krev MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- plynová chromatografie s hmotnostně spektrometrickou detekcí MeSH
- pregabalin analýza krev MeSH
- vigabatrin analýza krev MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
