TABLE III
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Grapefruit juice increases serum concentrations of atorvastatin and has no effect on pravastatin
Jari J. Lilja, Kari T. Kivistö and Pertti J. Neuvonen
BACK TO ARTICLETable III. The pharmacokinetic variables of pravastatin and its metabolites in 11 subjects after ingestion of 40 mg pravastatin with water or grapefruit juice
Cmax (ng mL-1)
| tmax (h) | Elimination t1/2 (h) |
AUC(0–24) (ng mL-1 h)
|
AUC(0- ) (ng mL-1 h)
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water | Grapefruit juice | Water | Grapefruit juice | Water | Grapefruit juice | Water | Grapefruit juice | Water | Grapefruit juice | |
| Pravastatin | 45.3 28.0 | 42.6 25.3 | 1 (1–2) | 2 (1–3) | 2.0 0.6 | 1.7 0.4 | 111.7 68.1 | 102.8 49.6 | 112.3 66.3 | 103.0 48.4 |
| % of control | 100 | 94 | 100 | 92 | 100 | 92 | ||||
| Range | 39–193 | 49–193 | 50–184 | |||||||
| Pravastatin lactone | 1.6 0.9 | 1.6 0.7 | 2 (0.5–2) | 2 (2–3) | ND | ND | 3.3 2.3 | 3.7 1.8 | ND | ND |
| % of control | 100 | 100 | 100 | 112 | ||||||
| Range | 47–265 | 45–439 | ||||||||
| Active HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors | 49.4 32.1 | 41.9 21.2 | 1 (1–2) | 2 (1–3)* | 1.9 1.2 | 1.6 0.3 | 121.3 75.7 | 110.6 50.4 | 127.1 75.9 | 115.0 49.5 |
| % of control | 100 | 85 | 100 | 91 | 100 | 90 | ||||
| Range | 45–200 | 52–181 | 52–180 | |||||||
| Total HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors | 47.9 26.3 | 43.1 21.4 | 1 (1–2) | 2 (1–3) | 1.2 0.4 | 1.5 0.4 | 110.4 66.3 | 103.3 48.2 | 116.8 68.0 | 113.3 49.3 |
| % of control | 100 | 90 | 100 | 94 | 100 | 97 | ||||
| Range | 38–167 | 57–189 | 59–193 | |||||||
Data are mean values
SD; tmax data are given as median with range.
Cmax, Peak serum concentration; tmax, time to reach Cmax; t1/2, half-life; AUC(0–24), area under the serum concentration–time curve from 0 to 24 hours; AUC(0-
), area under the serum concentration–time curve from time zero to infinity; ND, not determined; HMG-CoA, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A.
* P < .05 versus control phase (water).

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