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JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY B-ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE BIOMEDICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES
Volume 791, Issue 1-2, Pages 389-398Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S1570-0232(03)00253-8
Keywords
levomepromazine; midazolam
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A sensitive and reliable high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) assay is a prerequisite for pharmacokinetic analysis of continuous infusion of levomepromazine adjuvant to midazolam. We developed such a method to determine the levels of levomepromazine, midazolam and their major metabolites (levomepromazinesulfoxide, desmethyl-, didesmethyl-levotnepromazine, O-desmethyllevomepromazine and alpha-hydroxy-midazolam) simultaneously. Desmethylclomipramine was used as an internal standard (I.S.). The lower limit of quantification of this assay was set for levomepromazine 4.1 mug/l, levomepromazinesulfoxide 4.9 mug/l, O-desmethyllevomepromazine 18.4 mug/l, alpha-hydroxymidazolam 26.6 mug/l, midazolam 23.4 mug/l, didesmethyllevomepromazine 15.8 mug/l, and desmethyllevomepromazine 6.6 mug/l. The between- and within day assay variations were commonly below 5%. The recovery in human plasma for the different analytes varied between 85 and 11%. The accuracy of this assay varied between 95 and 105% for the different concentrations. The linearity of this assay was set between 25 and 800 mug/l (r(2)>0.999 of the regression line). The first results of pharmacokinetic analysis of midazolam indicated that half-life varied between 1.1 and 1.9 h. Pharmacokinetic analysis using a one-compartment model of levomepromazine revealed that the apparent volume of distribution was 4.1+/-2.4 l per kg lean body mass and the metabolic clearance was 309+/-225 l per hour per 70 kg. This assay proved to be robust and reproducible. It can reliably be used for further study of the pharmacokinetics of continuous infusion of levomepromazine. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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