Studies on kinetics of anturan excretion in man.

Abstract

The kinetics of anturan excretion was studied. Experiments were carried out on ten healthy volunteers. The drug was given orally once applying three different doses: 100, 200, 400 mg. The contents of the drug in urine were determined by means of the modified method worked out by Wallace. It was found about 42 per cent of the dose was excreted with urine in an unchanged form. The process of anturan excretion may be described according to the one-compartment open kinetic model. The half-life of excretion is 3.5 hours, the excretion constant is 0.20. The formula showing the course of anturan excretion in time has been given. Five examples of the quantitative exposure test have been proposed; they allow the calculation of the absorbed drug dose and thus the degree of poisoning. The test can be also helpful in controlled therapy.