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

A Odinecs, C Pereira, C Nosbisch, J D Unadkat
1996 Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy  
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
more » ... harmacokinetics of stavudine or didanosine in M. nemestrina.
doi:10.1128/aac.40.10.2423 fatcat:pljfquzoanh7lartj2cuczjpr4