L Eidus, E Glatthaar, M M Hodgkin, E E Nel, H H Kleeberg
{"title":"Comparison of isoniazid phenotyping of black and white patients with emphasis on South African blacks.","authors":"L Eidus, E Glatthaar, M M Hodgkin, E E Nel, H H Kleeberg","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Black tuberculosis patients from South Africa (S. A.) as well as from Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A., showed a higher percentage of fast inactivators of isoniazid (INH) than that found in the North American white population, simultaneously sampled. In S. A. blacks, the frequency of fast inactivation was 57.9--59.6%, while in American blacks of Birmingham it amounted to 60.3%; in comparison to the above groups the rate of fast acetylators in Canadian Caucasians was 41.9% and in the USA white population 41.0%. For phenotyping of isoniazid inactivators a urine test was used. In this method the concentrations of INH (including isoniazidhydrazones) as well as acetylisoniazid were determined in the specimens collected 6--8 hrs following a test dose of 10 mg/kg INH.</p>","PeriodicalId":75937,"journal":{"name":"International journal of clinical pharmacology and biopharmacy","volume":"17 7","pages":"311-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11694389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of antihemorrhagic activity of V. F.","authors":"M Marcucci, E Aliboni, A Previtera, A Martini","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the prophylaxis of surgical interventions performed in the Dental Clinic for dental avulsions under general anesthesia, the V. F. (peptides deriving from the enzymatic degradation of bovine Factor VIII) has been shown to be particularly active in the reduction of the quantity of blood lost per tooth, corresponding to a reduction in blood loss of an average of 40% to 45%. The \"double blind\" experiment confirmed a significant hemostatic capacity of the preparation. V. F. in extremely small doses (1 mg/day) divided into two daily, oral administrations, isn't toxic, isn't habit forming and doesn't provoke immunological reactions. On the basis of its positive characteristics (diminution of blood lost without alteration of the parameters of coagulation or platelet aggregation), V. F. seems to be the preparation of choice for the treatment of hemorrhagic diathesis not accompanied by coagulation defect, and also as a preventive measure in minor surgical interventions where small vessels are involved and hemostasis cannot be achieved surgically.</p>","PeriodicalId":75937,"journal":{"name":"International journal of clinical pharmacology and biopharmacy","volume":"17 7","pages":"324-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11593300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of spironolactone treatment on the renin-aldosterone system during pregnancy.","authors":"R Lammintausta, R Erkkola","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ten pregnant patients were treated with spironolactone (100 mg daily) for two weeks. The patients were on a continuous long-term saluretic therapy for pregnancy edema. In addition, a potassium supplementation (30 mmol/day) was given until the beginning of spironolactone treatment. The patients thus treated had a mean urinary aldosterone excretion (dU-Aldo) of more than ten-fold in comparison to that of non pregnant state. Canrenone, the effective conversion product of spironolactone in plasma, reached its steady state level in three days as in non-pregnant subjects. dU-Aldo decreased in two weeks during the spironolactone by 36% (p less than 0.05). The inhibition of aldosterone secretion is thus evident also after a low clinical dose of spironolactone. Urinary potassium excretion (dU-K) decreased during the 1st day (p less than 0.05) and continued to decrease during one week of spironolactone therapy by a total of 21% (p less than 0.001). The decrease in dU-K reflects the cessation of potassium supplements in the beginning of the study. No changes in urinary sodium excretion were found. Plasma renin activity (PRA) increased in one week by 79 per cent and the changes of PRA and dU-Aldo showed inverse correlation (p less than 0.001). In our study natriuresis, cannot explain the increase of PRA. Our study suggests another feedback effect of aldosterone.</p>","PeriodicalId":75937,"journal":{"name":"International journal of clinical pharmacology and biopharmacy","volume":"17 7","pages":"294-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11694385","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Protective antiallergic effects of a new coumarin compound (BM 15.100) in experimental asthma.","authors":"E Gonsior, G Schultze-Werninghaus, B Wüthrich","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The antiallergic properties of a new coumarin compound (BM 15.100) were tested in two separate trials, using bronchial provocation tests in asymptomatic volunteers with extrinsic allergic bronchial asthma. Study I was a blind study in 10 subjects with placebo controls and three additional non-medicated controls. Study II was an open study with non-medicated controls. Body plethysmography (study I) and spirometry (study II) were used for the assessment of bronchial obstruction. A significant protective effect of a single oral 20 mg dose of BM 15.100 administered 60 min prior to allergen inhalation was found in both trials. The effect of 10 mg BM 15.000 was not significant. Skin test, pulse rate, and diastolic blood pressure were not influenced. The results indicate a possible therapeutical value of BM 15.100.</p>","PeriodicalId":75937,"journal":{"name":"International journal of clinical pharmacology and biopharmacy","volume":"17 7","pages":"283-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11694537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of bile and pancreatic proteases in the pathogenesis of ischemic enteropathy.","authors":"G Bounous, J Proulx, G Konok, A Wollin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75937,"journal":{"name":"International journal of clinical pharmacology and biopharmacy","volume":"17 7","pages":"317-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11694390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of tolmetin, paracetamol, and of two combinations of tolmetin and paracetamol as compared to placebo on experimentally induced pain. A double blind study.","authors":"G Stacher, P Bauer, I Ehn, E Schreiber","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previous studies in animals suggested that a coadministration of the anti-rheumatic/anti-inflammatory agent tolmetin (Tolectin) and of paracetamol potentiates the effects of these two drugs. The present study was carried out to assess whether or not the dosis of tolmetin necessary to obtain an analgesic effect can be reduced when paracetamol is coadministered in a model with experimentally induced pain in healthy human subjects. The effects of tolmetin 200 mg (T 200), paracetamol 400 mg (P 400), tolmetin 150 mg plus paracetamol 300 mg (T 150 + P 300), and of tolmetin 100 mg plus paracetamol 400 mg (T 100 + P 400) on pain threshold to electrical and thermal stimuli and on pain tolerance to electrical stimuli were compared to the effects of placebo under double blind conditions. Each of 20 healthy volunteers received all of the 5 treatments randomised according to four 5 X 5 Latin squares. The results showed that the combination T 100 + P 400 had better analgesic effects than the double dose of tolmetin, T 200, alone, while the effects of P 400 could not be discrminated from placebo. In a sequential t-test the effects of T 100 + P 400 could be discriminated from placebo already after 14 Ss. The effects of T 200, T 150 + P 300, and T 100 + P 400 respectively could not be differentiated, indicating that the dose of tolmetin can be reduced markedly by simultaneous administration of paracetamol without a loss in analgesic potency. Coadministration of tolmetin and paracetamol permits a marked reduction of the dose of tolmetin without any loss of analgesic potency as measured in a model with experimentally induced pain in healthy subjects.</p>","PeriodicalId":75937,"journal":{"name":"International journal of clinical pharmacology and biopharmacy","volume":"17 6","pages":"250-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11589494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Alpha- and beta-adrenoceptor blocking properties of labetalol in renin release.","authors":"R Lammintausta, M Koulu, H Allonen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The effect of labetalol, an alpha- and beta-adrenergic receptor blocking antihypertensive, on plasma renin activity (PRA) and the hemodynamics of healthy volunteers at rest and during an ergometric exercise test was studied. Oral doses of 200 and 400 mg labetalol were tested against a placebo in a crossover manner. The labetalol plasma concentrations were determined. Systolic and diastolic blood pressures in the supine position decreased after 400 mg labetalol as did the response of the heart rate to exercise. The lower dose decreased the resting heart rate, but had no effect on the heart rate during exercise. The ergometric exercise induced an increase in PRA which was partly inhibited after 200 mg labetalol in a manner similar to that induced by beta-blockers in our earlier studies. After 400 mg labetalol PRA was already increased at one hour at sitting rest and this higher basal level was maintained for four hours. After this higher dose of labetalol the reaction of PRA to exercise was not significantly inhibited. In renin release the vasodilating alpha-blockade thus dominated the beta-blocking property of labetalol at the dose which decreased the blood pressure.</p>","PeriodicalId":75937,"journal":{"name":"International journal of clinical pharmacology and biopharmacy","volume":"17 6","pages":"240-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11260775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical pharmacology of a combination of bronchodilators.","authors":"L Casali, C Grassi, C Rampulla, A Rossi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>27 hospitalized patients (15 suffering from chronic bronchitis with evident bronchospasm and 12 with extrinsic asthma) were evaluated with regard to the bronchodilating effects of a Salbutamol + Ipratropium Bromide combination administered by aerosol. For comparison, the bronchial spasmolytic effectiveness of both drugs administered separately at therapeutic doses was also evaluated. Subsequently, the activity of increasing doses of the combination was studied, with particular regard to possible side-effects. The pharmacological combination studied exerted a strong bronchodilating activity, independently of dose increase, both in asthmatic and in bronchitic patients. No side-effects were observed.</p>","PeriodicalId":75937,"journal":{"name":"International journal of clinical pharmacology and biopharmacy","volume":"17 6","pages":"277-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11375540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparative investigations on pirbuterol, salbutamol and placebo aerosols in bronchial asthma.","authors":"H M Beumer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In a single blind crossover study 12 asthmatics received in randomised order single doses of pirbuterol (200 and 400 microgram), salbutamol (200 microgram) and placebo-aerosols, in order to determine the extent and duration of bronchodilator activity, the optimum dosage, the incidence, type and degree of side effects and the cardiovascular as well as hematologic, renal and hepatic functions after inhalative administration. All patients were checked by repeated pulmonary function studies, ECG and extensive laboratory tests. No significant differences were found between salbutamol 200 microgram and pirbuterol 400 microgram when lung functions were studied over 4 hr following inhalation. Pirbuterol 400 microgram and salbutamol 200 microgram were significantly better than pirbuterol 200 microgram. There were no side effects or changes of clinical relevance in pulse rate, blood pressure, ECG or laboratory test results. Pirbuterol is a well tolerated bronchodilator which appears to be of clinical importance in inhalative treatment of bronchospastic disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":75937,"journal":{"name":"International journal of clinical pharmacology and biopharmacy","volume":"17 6","pages":"237-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11589493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pharmacokinetics of furagin, a new nitrofurantoin congener, on human volunteers.","authors":"P Männistö, P Karttunen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The human pharmacokinetics of a nitrofurantoin congener furagin was studied after a single oral dose of 200 mg and during a 9-day continuous treatment with a dose of 100 mg t.i.d. The same dose of nitrofurantoin served as a reference medication. In the acute cross-over phase food greatly speeded up and atropine somewhat retarded the absorption of furagin, but the total absorption remained virtually unchanged as judged from the unchanged AUC values. The furagin concentrations in serum remain several hours above the MIC concentrations of many pathogenic bacteria. Despite the high concentrations in serum, the urine levels of furagin were generally lower than those of nitrofurantoin. The 24 hr recoveries in urine were 8--13% for furagin and about 36% for nitrofurantoin. In the prolonged trial furagin was absorbed and excreted in the same way as in the acute trial. On the 9th day the concentrations in serum and urine were higher than on the first day. The urinary concentrations of both furagin and nitrofurantoin always remained well above the MIC values of the most susceptible bacteria. Several volunteers complained of nightly cramps in their calves after taking furagin for some days, otherwise the side effects were minimal.</p>","PeriodicalId":75937,"journal":{"name":"International journal of clinical pharmacology and biopharmacy","volume":"17 6","pages":"264-70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11673888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}