Prednisone Pharmacokinetics During Pregnancy and Lactation.
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SUBMITTER: Ryu RJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6310475 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
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Prednisone Pharmacokinetics During Pregnancy and Lactation.
Ryu Rachel J RJ Easterling Thomas R TR Caritis Steve N SN Venkataramanan Raman R Umans Jason G JG Ahmed Mahmoud S MS Clark Shannon S Kantrowitz-Gordon Ira I Hays Karen K Bennett Brooke B Honaker Matthew T MT Thummel Kenneth E KE Shen Danny D DD Hebert Mary F MF
Journal of clinical pharmacology 20180507 9
To evaluate the steady-state pharmacokinetics of prednisone and its metabolite prednisolone in pregnant and lactating female subjects, 19 subjects received prednisone (4-40 mg/day orally) in early (n = 3), mid (n = 9), and late (n = 13) pregnancy as well as postpartum with (n = 2) and without (n = 5) lactation. Serial blood and urine samples were collected over 1 dosing interval. Prednisone and its metabolite, prednisolone, steady-state noncompartmental pharmacokinetic parameters were estimated. ...[more]
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