Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Naloxegol, a Peripherally Acting µ-Opioid Receptor Antagonist

Autor: Nidal Al-Huniti, Hongmei Xu, Eike Floettmann, Khanh Bui, Diansong Zhou
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Clinical Pharmacokinetics. 56:573-582
ISSN: 1179-1926
0312-5963
DOI: 10.1007/s40262-016-0479-z
Popis: Naloxegol is a peripherally acting µ-opioid receptor antagonist approved for use as an orally administered tablet (therapeutic doses of 12.5 and 25 mg) for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation. Over a wide dose range (i.e. single supratherapeutic doses up to 1000 mg in healthy volunteers), the pharmacokinetic properties of naloxegol appear to be time- and dose-independent. Naloxegol is rapidly absorbed, with mean time to maximum plasma concentration of
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