Marcella Herbstrith de Oliveira, Pâmela Cristina Lukasewicz Ferreira, Graciela Carlos, Fernanda Rodrigues Salazar, Ana Maria Bergold, Flavio Pechansky, Renata Pereira Limberger, Pedro Eduardo Fröehlich
PURPOSE: There are no pharmacokinetics studies in oral fluid reported in the literature, as well as there are no data on correlation of drug levels in plasma, urine, and oral fluid in order to propose alternative matrices to monitor the use of mazindol by drivers. The present work aimed to study, preliminarily, mazindol's pharmacokinetics in plasma and oral fluid, as well as investigate the correlation of drug levels in urine, plasma, and oral fluid. METHOD: Blood, urine, and oral fluid samples from seven healthy male volunteers were collected at 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, and 24 h after administration of tablets of 2 mg mazindol and analyzed by a previously validated method by LC-MS with liquid-liquid extraction...
August 2016: European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology