• BMC anesthesiology · Nov 2015

    Paracetamol pharmacokinetics and metabolism in young women.

    • Karel Allegaert, Mariska Y Peeters, Bjorn Beleyn, Anne Smits, Aida Kulo, Kristel van Calsteren, Jan Deprest, Jan de Hoon, and Catherijne A J Knibbe.
    • NICU, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium. karel.allegaert@uzleuven.be.
    • BMC Anesthesiol. 2015 Nov 13; 15: 163.

    BackgroundThere is relevant between individual variability in paracetamol clearance in young women. In this pooled study, we focused on the population pharmacokinetic profile of intravenous paracetamol metabolism and its covariates in young women.MethodsPopulation PK parameters using non-linear mixed effect modelling were estimated in a pooled dataset of plasma and urine PK studies in 69 young women [47 at delivery, 8/47 again 10-15 weeks after delivery (early postpartum), and 7/8 again 1 year after delivery (late postpartum), 22 healthy female volunteers with or without oral contraceptives].ResultsPopulation PK parameters were estimated based on 815 plasma samples and 101 urine collections. Compared to healthy female volunteers (reference group) not on oral contraceptives, being at delivery was the most significant covariate for clearance to paracetamol glucuronide (Factor = 2.03), while women in early postpartum had decreased paracetamol glucuronidation clearance (Factor = 0.55). Women on contraceptives showed increased paracetamol glucuronidation clearance (Factor = 1.46). The oestradiol level did not further affect this model. Being at delivery did not prove significant for clearance to paracetamol sulphate, but was higher in pregnant women who delivered preterm (<37 weeks, Factor = 1.34) compared to term delivery and non-pregnant women. Finally, clearance of unchanged paracetamol was dependent on urine flow rate.ConclusionsCompared to healthy female volunteers not on oral contraceptives, urine paracetamol glucuronidation elimination in young women is affected by pregnancy (higher), early postpartum (lower) or exposure to oral contraceptives (higher), resulting in at least a two fold variability in paracetamol clearance in young women.

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