Toxicokinetics and correlation of carbamazepine salivary and serum concentrations in acute poisonings

Background/Aim. Saliva is a body fluid which, like serum, can be used for determination of concentrations of certain drugs, both in pharmacotherapy as well as in acute poisonings. The aim of this study was to determine carbamazepine concentrations in both saliva and serum in acute poisoning in o...

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Main Authors: Đorđević Snežana, Kilibarda Vesna, Vučinić Slavica, Stojanović Tomislav, Antonijević Biljana
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Published: Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia, University of Defence, Belgrade 2012-01-01
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Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0042-8450/2012/0042-84501205389D.pdf
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author Đorđević Snežana
Kilibarda Vesna
Vučinić Slavica
Stojanović Tomislav
Antonijević Biljana
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Kilibarda Vesna
Vučinić Slavica
Stojanović Tomislav
Antonijević Biljana
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description Background/Aim. Saliva is a body fluid which, like serum, can be used for determination of concentrations of certain drugs, both in pharmacotherapy as well as in acute poisonings. The aim of this study was to determine carbamazepine concentrations in both saliva and serum in acute poisoning in order to show if there is a correlation between the obtained values, as well as to monitor toxicokinetics of carbamazepine in body fluides. Methods. Saliva and serum samples were obtained from 26 patients treated with carbamazepine and 20 patients acutely poisoned by the drug immediately after their admission in the Emergency Toxicology Unit. Determination of salivary and serum carbamazepine concentrations was performed by the validated high pressure liquid chromatographyultraviolet (HPLC-UV) method. Results. A significant correlation of salivary and serum carbamazepine concentrations in both therapeutic application and acute poisoning (r = 0.9481 and 0.9117, respectively) was confirmed. In acute poisonings the mean ratio between salivary and serum concentrations of carbamazepine (0.43) was similar to the mean ratio after its administration in therapeutic doses (0.39), but there were high inter-individual variations in carbamazepine concentrations in the acutely poisoned patients, as a consequence of different ingested doses of the drug. In acute poisoning the halftime of carbamazepine in saliva and serum was 12.57 h and 6.76 h, respectively. Conclusion. Our results suggest a possible use of saliva as an alternative biological material for determination of carbamazepine concentrations in therapeutic application and acute poisoning as well, and a possible extrapolation of the results obtained in saliva to serum concentrations of carbamazepine.
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spelling doaj-art-7b86c5b348784f07b277b63ed058e4a92025-08-20T02:07:05ZengMinistry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia, University of Defence, BelgradeVojnosanitetski Pregled0042-84502012-01-0169538939310.2298/VSP1205389DToxicokinetics and correlation of carbamazepine salivary and serum concentrations in acute poisoningsĐorđević SnežanaKilibarda VesnaVučinić SlavicaStojanović TomislavAntonijević BiljanaBackground/Aim. Saliva is a body fluid which, like serum, can be used for determination of concentrations of certain drugs, both in pharmacotherapy as well as in acute poisonings. The aim of this study was to determine carbamazepine concentrations in both saliva and serum in acute poisoning in order to show if there is a correlation between the obtained values, as well as to monitor toxicokinetics of carbamazepine in body fluides. Methods. Saliva and serum samples were obtained from 26 patients treated with carbamazepine and 20 patients acutely poisoned by the drug immediately after their admission in the Emergency Toxicology Unit. Determination of salivary and serum carbamazepine concentrations was performed by the validated high pressure liquid chromatographyultraviolet (HPLC-UV) method. Results. A significant correlation of salivary and serum carbamazepine concentrations in both therapeutic application and acute poisoning (r = 0.9481 and 0.9117, respectively) was confirmed. In acute poisonings the mean ratio between salivary and serum concentrations of carbamazepine (0.43) was similar to the mean ratio after its administration in therapeutic doses (0.39), but there were high inter-individual variations in carbamazepine concentrations in the acutely poisoned patients, as a consequence of different ingested doses of the drug. In acute poisoning the halftime of carbamazepine in saliva and serum was 12.57 h and 6.76 h, respectively. Conclusion. Our results suggest a possible use of saliva as an alternative biological material for determination of carbamazepine concentrations in therapeutic application and acute poisoning as well, and a possible extrapolation of the results obtained in saliva to serum concentrations of carbamazepine.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0042-8450/2012/0042-84501205389D.pdfcarbamazepinepharmacokineticspoisoningserumsalivachromatographysensitivity and specificity
spellingShingle Đorđević Snežana
Kilibarda Vesna
Vučinić Slavica
Stojanović Tomislav
Antonijević Biljana
Toxicokinetics and correlation of carbamazepine salivary and serum concentrations in acute poisonings
Vojnosanitetski Pregled
carbamazepine
pharmacokinetics
poisoning
serum
saliva
chromatography
sensitivity and specificity
title Toxicokinetics and correlation of carbamazepine salivary and serum concentrations in acute poisonings
title_full Toxicokinetics and correlation of carbamazepine salivary and serum concentrations in acute poisonings
title_fullStr Toxicokinetics and correlation of carbamazepine salivary and serum concentrations in acute poisonings
title_full_unstemmed Toxicokinetics and correlation of carbamazepine salivary and serum concentrations in acute poisonings
title_short Toxicokinetics and correlation of carbamazepine salivary and serum concentrations in acute poisonings
title_sort toxicokinetics and correlation of carbamazepine salivary and serum concentrations in acute poisonings
topic carbamazepine
pharmacokinetics
poisoning
serum
saliva
chromatography
sensitivity and specificity
url http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0042-8450/2012/0042-84501205389D.pdf
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