Journal Title
Title of Journal: Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics
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Abbravation: Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics
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Publisher
Birkhäuser-Verlag
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Authors: Patrice Francheteau JeanLouis Steimer Claude Dubray Daniele Lavene
Publish Date: 1991/06/01
Volume: 19, Issue: 3, Pages: 287-309
Abstract
We propose a general pharmacokineticpharmacodynamic model that integrates the rhythmic fluctuation of hormone secretion for the description of the hormonelowering effect of a drug The mathematical model takes into account the variation in response observed after administration of a placebo and the drug It is assumed that the change with time in the physiological response during the placebo period results from fluctuations in the concentration of hypothetical endogenous molecules The mathematical formulation for predicting the response after drug intake is derived assuming competitive interaction of these “molecules” with the active species for binding to receptors The suggested “fluctuation model” was implemented in order to describe the time course of the prolactin PRL plasma level after administration of two oral doses 25 and 50 mg of the dopaminomimetic compound DCN 203–922 DCN to 9 healthy male subjects Its perform ance was compared with that of conventional modeling approaches in which the circadian changes after placebo are neglected and the hormone baseline is assumed to be constant The new model provided a better description of the time course of PRL in most subjects It was used for prediction of the amplitude and duration of the PRL suppressant effect after single and chronic administration of DCN at various dosage regimens as well as after changes in drug absorption
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