Abstract
The effect of low-dose oral contraceptive steroids (OCS) on the kinetics of intravenous antipyrine was determined. Eight women (age, 23.1 +/- 1.1 yr (mean +/- SE); weight, 57.8 +/- 2.2 kg) using low-dose (less than or equal to 50 micrograms) estrogen oral contraceptive steroids (OCS) on a long-term basis were age- and weight-matched with eight controls (age, 23.4 +/- 0.8 yr; weight, 58.4 +/- 2.1 kg) not using OCS. All were nonsmokers taking no other drugs. OCS subjects had a longer antipyrine elimination half-life (t1/2 beta) than the controls (17.3 +/- 1.6 and 10.5 +/- 0.8 hr; p less than 0.005). Volume of distribution was similar for both groups (0.59 +/- 0.02 l/kg [OCS] and 0.58 +/- 0.02 l/kg). Total metabolic clearance of antipyrine was slowed in OCS subjects (0.41 +/- 0.03 and 0.66 +/- 0.05 ml/min/kg; p less than 0.001). Since volume of distribution and body weight are of the same order in both groups, prolongation of antipyrine t1/2 beta is the result of decreased total metabolic clearance. Thus, even low-dose estrogen containing OCS may impair clearance of other drugs.
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