Modulation by Dietary Salt of Verapamil Disposition in Humans
- 15 December 1998
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Circulation
- Vol. 98 (24), 2702-2708
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.98.24.2702
Abstract
Background —The intestine is an increasingly well-recognized site of first-pass drug metabolism. In this study, we determined the influence of dietary salt on the steady-state disposition of verapamil, a drug that undergoes extensive first-pass metabolism. Methods and Results —Eight normal volunteers received 120 mg of racemic verapamil orally twice a day for 21 days. The disposition kinetics of verapamil enantiomers were determined after coadministration of intravenous deuterated verapamil with the morning oral dose on days 7, 14, and 21. Each study day was preceded by 7 days on a fixed-salt diet: in 5 subjects, the initial study was conducted during a low-salt (10 mEq/d) diet, the second study during a high-salt (400 mEq/d) diet, and the third during a low-salt diet, whereas in the other 3 subjects, the sequence of diets was reversed. Plasma concentrations of both unlabeled enantiomers (ie, from oral therapy) were significantly ( P S -verapamil: 7765±2591 ng · min · mL −1 [high salt] versus 12 514±3527 ng · min · mL −1 [low salt], P Conclusions —These data indicate that a clinically important component of presystemic drug disposition occurs at the prehepatic (presumably intestinal) level and is sensitive to dietary salt.Keywords
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