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Methods for Study of Fluphenazine Kinetics in Man

R Whelpton, S H Curry

J Pharm Pharmacol. 1976 Dec;28(12):869-73.

PMID: 12260

Abstract:

Fluphenazine and its principal metabolites, fluphenazine sulphoxide, and 7-hydroxyfluphenazine were identified and quantified in human plasma, urine and faeces following intramuscular and oral administration of 14C-fluphenazine dihydrochloride. The presence of a conjugate fraction was also noted. Unmetabolized fluphenazine was selectively extracted into n-heptane. The metabolites were separated by solvent extraction into toluene. Conjugates were hydrolysed back to fluphenazine, fluphenazne sulphoxide and 7-hydroxyfluphenazine. Fluphenazine and fluphenazine conjugates were also measured in the urine of patients receiving long term non-radioactive fluphenazine decanoate therapy. The urinary excretion rate of the conjugate fraction was systematically related to the plasma concentration, regardless of urine flow rate or pH, providing a convenient method for the assessment of fluphenazine kinetics by urinary excretion studies not involving administration of labelled drug.

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Catalog Number Product Name Structure CAS Number Price
AP2376650 Fluphenazine decanoate dihydrochloride Fluphenazine decanoate dihydrochloride 2376-65-0 Price
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