| Autor: |
Neil-Dwyer, G, Bartlett, J, McAinsh, J, Cruickshank, JM |
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British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology; 1981, Vol. 11 Issue 6, p549-553, 5p |
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1 This study on 21 neurosurgical patients was set up to investigate the extent to which four chronically administered beta-adrenoceptor blockers, propranolol, oxprenolol, metoprolol and atenolol, cross and blood-brain barrier and enter the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and brain tissue. The concentration in the CSF of the three lipophilic beta- adrenoceptor blockers, propranolol, oxprenolol and metoprolol, approximated to the free drug concentration in the plasma, and was a poor predictor of brain concentration. These three lipophilic beta- adrenoceptor blockers appeared in brain tissue at concentrations 10-20 times greater than that of hydrophilic atenolol. The approximate brain/plasma ratio for propranolol was 26, for oxprenolol 50, for metoprolol 12 and for atenolol 0.2. 2 The low concentration of atenolol in brain tissue is possibly responsible for the low incidence of central nervous system-related side effects in patients on this agent compared to lipophilic beta-adrenoceptor blockers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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