Prenatal and postpartum pharmacokinetics of stavudine (2',3'-didehydro-3'-deoxythymidine) and didanosine (dideoxyinosine) in pigtailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina)

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1996 Oct;40(10):2423-5. doi: 10.1128/AAC.40.10.2423.

Abstract

Stavudine (5 mg/kg of body weight; n = 7) or didanosine (3.2 mg/kg; n = 4) was administered as an intravenous bolus to pregnant pigtailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina) near term and 4 to 5 weeks postpartum. No significant differences were found between the prenatal and postpartum total plasma drug clearance, steady-state volume of distribution, terminal plasma drug half-life, mean body residence time, or recovery of unchanged drug in urine. These data indicate that pregnancy does not affect the pharmacokinetics of stavudine or didanosine in M. nemestrina.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Newborn
  • Anti-HIV Agents / blood
  • Anti-HIV Agents / pharmacokinetics*
  • Anti-HIV Agents / urine
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Didanosine / blood
  • Didanosine / pharmacokinetics*
  • Didanosine / urine
  • Female
  • Half-Life
  • Infusions, Intravenous
  • Macaca nemestrina
  • Postpartum Period / metabolism*
  • Pregnancy
  • Stavudine / blood
  • Stavudine / pharmacokinetics*
  • Stavudine / urine

Substances

  • Anti-HIV Agents
  • Stavudine
  • Didanosine