Abstract
Five chronic hemodialysis patients (1 woman and 4 men, aged, 46-68 yr) were given an oral dose of 10 mg felodipine followed by 0.057 mg [3H] felodipine IV. After 5 hours, a hemodialysis treatment lasting 4 hours was performed. Blood and dialysate flows were 200 mL/min and 500 mL/min, respectively. Capillary dialyzers with 1.3 m2 cellulose acetate membrane were used. The pharmacokinetic characteristics and reduction in diastolic BP were similar to those in hypertensive patients with normal renal function and in uremic patients who were not treated with dialysis. There was no measurable removal of felodipine by hemodialysis. Dialyzer clearance of radioactive metabolites was about 10 mL/min, and only 8.9% of the dose was eliminated by the treatment. The half-life of radioactive metabolites was 10 days (6-14 days) in three patients dialyzed thrice weekly. Since the metabolites are biologically inactive, no adjustment of dose is required in hemodialysis patients.
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