Steady-state plasma concentrations of diltiazem and its metabolites in patients and healthy volunteers

Pollen K.F. Yeung, Susan J. Buckley, Orlando R. Hung, P. Timothy Pollak, Katherine D. Barclay, Joe D.Z. Feng, Patrick S. Farmer, Gerald A. Klassen

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Diltiazem (DTZ) is a calcium antagonist widely used in the treatment of angina and hypertension. It is extensively metabolized in humans via N- demethylation, O-demethylation, deacetylation, and oxidative deamination, yielding a host of metabolites, some of which have potent pharmacological properties. After our initial identification of O-desmethyl DTZ (Mx) and N,O- didesmethyl DTZ (MB) as major metabolites of DTZ and our subsequent of identification of their chemical synthesis, an improved high-performance liquid chromatography assay was developed to determine the plasma concentrations of DTZ and seven of its major basic metabolites, including the previously unquantitated Mx and MB. The system consisted of a C18 analytical column protected by a C18 cartridge guard column and a variable wavelength ultraviolet detector set at 237 nm. The mobile phase was a mixture of methanol, 0.04 M ammonium acetate, and acetonitrile (38:36:26) containing 0.08% triethylamine, with final pH of the mobile phase adjusted to 7.5. The system was operated at room temperature isocratically at a flow rate of 1.2 ml/min. Using verapamil as an internal standard, DTZ and the basic metabolites in plasma were determined in young healthy volunteers (n = 21) and in patients with ischemic heart disease (n = 19) at steady state after repeated oral doses of 60 mg DTZ four times daily. Preliminary results show that steady-state plasma concentrations of DTZ and its metabolites were higher in the older patients than in young healthy subjects (p < 0.05).

Langue d'origineEnglish
Pages (de-à)40-45
Nombre de pages6
JournalTherapeutic Drug Monitoring
Volume18
Numéro de publication1
DOI
Statut de publicationPublished - 1996

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Pharmacology
  • Pharmacology (medical)

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