Abstract:
:Salazosulfapyridine (SASP) is widely used orally and rectally in the treatment of ulcerative colitis. SASP is mainly metabolized by hydrolysis and the main active metabolite, 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA), has an antiinflammatory effect. In the present study, we prepared suppositories containing 6.5 mmol of SASP and an enema containing 6.5 mmol of 5-ASA. We measured the concentrations of SASP and its various metabolites, 5-ASA, sulfapyridine (SP), acetylated metabolite of SP (Ac-SP), and N-acetyl-5-ASA (Ac-5-ASA), in the serum and urine after a single administration of each preparation to healthy male volunteers. When the SASP suppository was administered, the maximum concentration (Cmax) of SASP and Ac-5-ASA was 2.5+/-0.4 and 0.5+/-0.2 microM and the time to Cmax (Tmax) was 5 and 12 h, respectively. The Cmax value of SP, which causes side effects, was one-half of that of the parent compound. No 5-ASA in the serum was observed. When the 5-ASA enema was administered, Cmax and Tmax values of 5-ASA and Ac-5-ASA were 5.8+/-2.0 and 13.3+/-3.6 microM and 1 and 7 h, respectively. The area under the serum concentration-time curve (AUC) of SASP was 27.4+/-4.8 microM x h, a finding similar to that of 5-ASA after the administration of the 5-ASA enema (29.4+/-11.1 microM x h). The percentage of urinary recovery of SASP 24 h after administration of the SASP suppository was approximately 0.2%. These results indicate that SASP administered rectally is almost completely hydrolyzed in the colon and that 5-ASA is partially absorbed from the small intestine in unchanged form. On the other hand, approximately 0.3% of 5-ASA was recovered in the urine in unchanged form after the administration of the 5-ASA enema, whereas the urinary recovery of Ac-5-ASA was more than 10%. The present findings suggest that 5-ASA has favorable absorptive properties and can be expected to have systemic action after rectal administration of a 5-ASA enema.
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Biol Pharm Bulljournal_title
Biological & pharmaceutical bulletinauthors
Tokui K,Asai Y,Arakawa T,Matsumoto T,Nabeshima Tdoi
10.1248/bpb.25.264subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2002-02-01 00:00:00pages
264-7issue
2eissn
0918-6158issn
1347-5215journal_volume
25pub_type
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