Abstract
Eight patients with mild to moderate renal insufficiency (mean serum creatinine: 2.4 mg/100 ml) and 9 matched control subjects with normal renal function received a single 5-mg oral dose of nitrazepam, cleared mainly by hepatic nitroreduction. Serum nitrazepam levels were determined by gas chromatography during the 72 hours after dosage. Renal patients and controls were well-matched for age (74 vs. 63 years), height (165 vs. 164 cm), and weight (68 vs. 64 kg). Patients and control subjects did not differ significantly in nitrazepam elimination half-life (32 vs. 24 hour) or volume of distribution (4.2 vs. 3.6 liters/kg). Clearance was higher in patients than in controls (4.2 vs. 1.7 ml/min/kg), but the difference was not significant. Nitrazepam free fraction in serum was increased in renal patients (16.8 vs. 15.0% unbound, p = 0.08). After correction for individual values of free fraction, the two groups still did not differ in kinetic variables for nitrazepam. Thus, mild to moderate renal insufficiency does not alter the kinetics of nitrazepam.
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