Food increases the bioavailability of propafenone.
Open Access
- 1 June 1987
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
- Vol. 23 (6), 735-741
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2125.1987.tb03109.x
Abstract
The effect of food intake on the bioavailability of propafenone, a new antiarrhythmic agent, was evaluated by comparing its kinetics in 24 healthy volunteers in a fasted state and after a standard breakfast. With food, the maximum plasma drug concentration was reached earlier and was significantly increased. When data from ‘slow’ metabolizers were excluded, there was an average increase of 147% in the area under the concentration‐time curve (AUCo) following the standard breakfast. There was a significant correlation (r = 0.946) between [(AUCo fed ‐ AUCo fasted)/AUCo fasted] and propafenone intrinsic clearance in the fasted state. Food intake, however, does not appear to affect the bioavailability of propafenone in ‘slow’ metabolizers. Patients should be advised to take propafenone in a constant relationship to food to assure consistent bioavailability.Keywords
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