plasma lev els (usu ally fol low ing rapid IV bolus)
(MW 225.2; as sodium salt for IV infusion MW 247.2)
and pre-ex ist ing re nal dis ease. Note: Crys tal li -
Syn onyms: Acyclovir, Acycloguanosine.
za tion oc curs ex clu sively af ter (rapid) IV ad -
Usual dos age: Size of dose and dos age in ter -
min is tra tion (re nal ac cu mu la tion of the drug).
val de pend on route of ad min is tra tion, age
These fea tures are re vers ible or pre vent able
with ad e quate fluid re ple tion, re duced acy -clovir dose and slow in fu sion rates (at least 1
hr). In rare cases, fo cal in ter sti tial in flam ma -
GI fate: Fol low ing oral ad min is tra tion, ab sorp -
tion with out tu bu lar ne cro sis, con sist ing of in -
ter sti tial hem or rhages, con ges tion of lym pho -
bioavailability is about 20% (range 15 - 30%).
cytes and plasma cells has been ob served
See also valaciclovir. PPB range 9 - 22%
Neurotoxic (neu ro psy chi at ric) symp toms ap -
Dis tri bu tion and me tab o lism: At steady-state,
pear ing dur ing aciclovir (and valaciclovir) ther -
aVD is ~ 0.8 l/kg; dis tri bu tion to all tis sues
apy have re peat edly been rec og nized [294,
412, 830] and are re ported in pa tients with
(conc. 10 times that in plasma). Only a small
acute or chronic re nal fail ure [31, 345, 643,
amount (15% of a dose) is con verted to the in ac -
733, 741, 827]. These un usual ad verse ef -
tive 9-carboxymethoxymethylguanine (CMMG),
the only sig nif i cant me tab o lite in man. Elim i na tion:Pre dom i nantly ex creted in the
Dos age in re nal in suf fi ciency and di al y sis
urine via glo mer u lar fil tra tion and tu bu lar se -
cre tion; more than 80% of a dose is ex creted
è Dos age ad just ments are rec om mended!
un changed, only lit tle (9 - 14%) is found as in -ac tive, ox i dized me tab o lite CMMG; re
In se vere re nal im pair ment (CKD Stage 5GFR <
clear ance is about 75 - 80% of to tal body
clear ance and al most 3 times greater than
times elim i na tion t1/2 in nor mal sub jects; aVD
CrCl (250 ml/min). Up to 2% of a dose is ex -
was de creased by 20% and to tal body clear -
ance was only 10%, which rep re sents non-re -
short (2 - 3 hrs). The ther a peu tic ac tion of
aciclovir in in fected cells de pends on con ver -
func tion de creases, a unique sit u a tion de vel -
ops where a greater part of the drug is con -
monophosphate to ac ti vated aciclovir tri phos -
verted to the me tab o lite. In ESRD the drug is
prob a bly elim i nated en tirely by hepatic trans -for ma tion to the me tab o lite but the elim i na -
tion of the me tab o lite in the urine is lim ited. It
would, there fore, be ex pected to ac cu mu late.
12 - 79% [707]. Aciclovir is rap idly ex creted in
How ever the clin i cal sig nif i cance of such ac cu -
mu la tion is not known. In all cases of re nal im -
Its con cen tra tions in re nal tis sue can ex ceed
pair ment, dos age ad just ment is nec es sary.
10 times that in plasma. The con cen tra tion of
Dur ing parenteral ad min is tra tion, ad just dos -
the drug in re nal col lect ing ducts may ex ceed
the drug's sol u bil ity lead ing to crys tal li za tion
l In CKD Stage 3GFR 59-30, give usual dose ev -
in re nal tu bules (ob struc tive crys tal nephro -
l in CKD Stage 4GFR 29-15, give usual dose ev -
may rise, typ i cally within 24 - 48 hrs af ter on -
l in CKD Stage 5GFR <15, give half the usual
set of treat ment. Ma jor risk fac tors for tran -
dose ev ery 24 hrs or usual dose ev ery 48
hrs. Al ter na tive: Keep the dos age in ter val
the same (8 hrs) and re duce the dose per in -
ter val; an ini tial load ing dose (usual dose or
half of usual dose) may be use ful. The ad -
Usual dos age: Dif fers, ac cord ing to the route
van tage of this sched ule is that it min i mizes
sim i lar mean plasma con cen tra tions. Oral doses (against varicella-zoster in
GI fate: Readily ab sorbed; fol low ing sublingual
tions) may be re duced to the fol low ing:
ad min is tra tion, ab sorp tion is rel a tively slow,
l In CKD Stage 4GFR 29-15, give 800 mg 3
plasma lev els peak within 3 - 4 hrs; sub stan -
tial first-pass me tab o lism al ready in the gut
l in CKD Stage 5GFR <15, give 800 mg ev ery 12
hrs, and for her pes sim plex 200 mg ev ery
availability 16% of the dose af ter oral and 55%
of the dose af ter sublingual in take; PPB 95 -
Hemodialysis: Aciclovir is readily re moved by
98% (very high); very short plasma t1/2, a few
6 hrs, di al y sis clear ance 820 - 113 ml/min
Me tab o lism: Partly me tab o lized via CYP3A4
(with con ven tional mem branes), and re duc -
to form norbuprenorphin (less ac tive than the
tion of plasma lev els dur ing one HD was about
glucuronic acid (par ent drug and me tab o lites).
uBe tween di al y ses, half the usual dose ev ery
Buprenorphine is highly lipophilic. In an es the -
24 hrs and re place ment of 60 - 100% of
tized pa tients, lower plasma lev els and a lower
the load ing dose af ter each HD. In the event
clear ance by ~30% have there fore been re -
of se vere neurotoxicity and nephro toxicity
ported, im ply ing lower ini tial vol ume of dis tri -
due to over dose, re moval by one or sev eral
Elim i na tion: Fol low ing oral ad min is tra tion,
CAPD: The clear ance by PD and CAPD is low,
mostly ex creted in the fe ces (~ 70% of an oral
CAPD clear ances of 3 - 8 ml/min and elim i na -
dose), mainly un changed; ~ 15% of the dose
tion t1/2 of 15 - 17 hrs have been ob served
can be found in the urine, as me tab o lites. Af -
[710, 1271, 1352]. Fol low ing IV in fu sion, the
ter parenteral ad min is tra tion, 68% of the dose
peritoneal dialysate re cov ery was 6 - 11% of a
is found un changed in the fe ces and about
dose de pend ing on the con cen tra tion of glu -
27% in the urine as me tab o lites. Elim i na tion
t1/2 3 hrs. Be cause the drug is mostly ex creted
l Dos age in CAPD pa tients as in pa tients with
in fe ces, an entero-hepatic cir cu la tion is likely.
se rum creatinine > 7 mg/dl (CrCl 15ml/min); no sub sti tu tion nec es sary [1433].
Dos age in re nal in suf fi ciency and di al y sis
In view of the pos si ble ef fi cient trans fer of
è No dos age ad just ments nec es sary!
peritoneal ad min is tra tion has been pro -posed [169, 233].
Since the agent is cleared mainly by hepatic
l For pre ven tion of cytomegalovirus dis ease
ex trac tion (via bile in the fe ces) and me tab o -
lism, elim i na tion is not de pend ent on re nal
func tion, al though me tab o lites are ex creted
[90, 912]. These drugs should how ever be
partly in the urine. In a clin i cal study [601],
buprenorphine ki net ics were sim i lar in an es -
with drawn at the first sign of re nal tox ic ity.
the tized healthy pa tients and those with re nalim pair ment re gard ing half-lives, aVD andclear ances, but plasma lev els of the me tab o -lites were el e vated in pa tients with re nal im -
pair ment (norbuprenorphin 4 times and the
Fe cal elim i na tion may orig i nate from three
sources. Fol low ing oral ad min is tra tion, about
l Usual doses may be given in all de grees of
half of the amount in fe ces orig i nates from the
re nal in suf fi ciency [601, 1452].
non-ab sorbed drug (not fol low ing IV ad min is -
No data avail able re gard ing re moval by HD
tra tion). Some drug ex cre tion via bile is to be
and PD, but re moval is un likely be cause of
ex pected. A third and con tro ver sial route of
elim i na tion is the transluminal ex cre tion of
No sub sti tu tion re quired dur ing and af ter di al -
ciprofloxacin across the bowel mu cosa into
Dos age in re nal in suf fi ciency and di al y sispa tients:
è Dos age ad just ments are rec om mended!
Ciprofloxacin is elim i nated pri mar ily by re nal
ex cre tion; how ever, the drug is also me tab o -
Usual dos age: 250 - 750 mg twice daily by
lized and partly cleared through the biliary sys -
mouth or 200 - 400 mg IV 2 - 3 times daily,
re sult ing in peak plasma lev els in the range of
These al ter na tive path ways of drug elim i na -
3 - 5 mg/l (the peak plasma lev els re quired to
tion ap pear to com pen sate for the re duced re -
achieve the tar get AUC are 2.5 - 3.5 mg/l). In
nal ex cre tion in re nal pa tients. As a con se -
crit i cally ill pa tients with se vere sep sis 400 mg
quence, el e vated elim i na tion t1/2 of up to 12
IV 3 times daily has been used [898].
hrs have only been ob served in pa tients withCKD stage 3 to 4GFR 59-15. It is sug gested that
in pa tients with im paired re nal func tion there
GI fate: About 75% of an oral dose is ab
may be a vari able in crease in elim i na tion of
sorbed, mainly from the in tes tine; plasma lev -
els peak within 30 - 90 min; PPB 20 - 40%;
above: Elim i na tion). This vari abil ity in the
most of the ab sorbed drug can dif fuse into the
route of elim i na tion leads to some un cer tainty
extravascular space; aVD un der steady-state
con di tion 2 - 3 l/kg (very high), con cen tra -
ciprofloxacin in re nal pa tients, es pe cially for
tions in tis sues and body flu ids higher than in
those pa tients with life-threat en ing in fec tions
plasma; be cause of ini tial first-pass ef fect in
the liver oral bioavailability is ~65% (range 45- 84%). Rec om mended dos age guide linesl In pa tients with CKD stage 2 to 3
Me tab o lism: 12 - 20% of the dose is con -
min is ter usual doses with cau tion.
verted to a min i mum of 4 me tab o lites, 3 pos -
sess lower ac tiv ity than the par ent drug, one is
half a usual oral dose twice daily or a usual
oral dose (500 mg) ev ery 18 hrs or an IV
dose up to 400 mg ev ery 18 - 24 hrs.
>10% as me tab o lites) or 75% of an IV dose
life-threat en ing in fec tions ad min is ter a
(63% un changed and >10% as me tab o lites),via glo mer u lar fil tra tion and re nal tu bu lar se -cre tion; re nal ex cre tion greatly ex ceeds CrCl. A smaller quan tity ap pears in the fe ces (39% ofan oral dose, or 14% of an IV dose); most ofthe drug is ex creted un changed, only 12 -20% as me tab o lites (see above); elim i na tiont
usual ini tial dose, sub se quent doses (twice
In pa tients with CKD stage 5GFR <15 (ESRD) un -
uGolper et al. [1689] stud ied ciprofloxacin
der di al y sis, elim i na tion by HD and PD is sub -
be hav ior in sta ble CAPD pa tients (oral dose
of 750 mg ev ery 12 hrs for 4 doses. Peakplasma lev els ranged from 2.9 - 6.4 mg/l;
Hemodialysis: Even though the HD clear ance
clear ance by CAPD was 2% of the to tal body
is ~40 ml/min, nor mal elim i na tion t1/2 has
(sys temic) clear ance; si mul ta neous ra tios
been re ported on day of di al y sis. Thus,
l ad min is ter usual oral dos age on day of di al -
0.57 within a dwell time of 4 hrs and 0.75
y sis (2 doses, one dose af ter di al y sis) but re -
within a dwell time of 8 hrs. Long-dwell ex -
duce oral dos age be tween di al y ses to 250 -
changes may be nec es sary to achieve rea -
son able dialysate con cen tra tions of oral
CAPD pa tients: Ciprofloxacin is ac tive against
var i ous strains of aer o bic gram-pos i tive mi cro -
or gan isms and against most strains of aer o bic
use of oral ciprofloxacin for the first-line
gram-neg a tive mi cro or gan isms. Be cause the
treat ment of CAPD peri to ni tis. Fif teen in fec -
pre dom i nant prob lem in CAPD pa tients is peri -
tious ep i sodes im proved within the first 48
hrs and a cure rate of 70% was re corded by
patho gens, the drug has fre quently been used
in peri to ni tis. Due to its high ef fi cacy it be -
came a first-line an ti bi otic against CAPD peri -
kinetics of oral ciprofloxacin (750 mg twice
to ni tis. It is ap plied orally, by IV in jec tion or IP
within 12 hrs) in CCPD pa tients with peri to -
(in the dialysate of the bags). How ever, pub -
ni tis. Mean ter mi nal t1/2 was 10 hrs, mean
lished data are con tro ver sial, es pe cially re -
gard ing route of ad min is tra tion and pen e tra -
the mean cal cu lated to tal body clear ance.
brane. Dos age guide lines are not well de fined
and there fore in this ar ti cle re sults from clin i -
to be use ful for em pir i cal gram-neg a tive
cal tri als are used to eval u ate treat ment mo -
cov er age of CCPD peri to ni tis (sen si tive E.
uIn a re cent study [1702], 95 ep i sodes of
peri to ni tis in 54 pa tients on CAPD or CCPD
uFol low ing a sin gle dose of 750 mg, Shalit et
al. [1665] found in CAPD pa tients with peri -
ciprofloxacin and IP cefazolin. The cure rate
to ni tis a pro longed mean ter mi nal t1/2 of
was al most 90% of pos i tive cul tures.
uIn a multicenter study by Goffin et al.
though the peritoneal fluid con tained 64%
[1706], the ef fi ciency of a si mul ta neous ad -
of the plasma con cen tra tion of the drug, in -
min is tra tion of IV vancomycin 15 mg/kg,
and oral ciprofloxacin 250 mg twice daily
drug was re moved con tin u ously via CAPD
above 3 ml/min) was eval u ated in PD pa -
peak ef flu ent peritoneal fluid 1.3 mg/l). In a
tients suf fer ing from peri to ni tis. In gen eral,
sub se quent study [1695], the au thors de -
rived trough peritoneal fluid con cen tra tions
and ciprofloxacin dur ing 10 days or weeks.
12-hourly for sev eral days They sug gested
whether the sys temic route of ad min is tra -
tion of the an ti bi ot ics was an al ter na tive to
other in fec tions in CAPD pa tients, ad min is -
the usual and in con ve nient IP drug ap pli ca -
tra tion of oral ciprofloxacin should be lim -
vacomycin and oral ciprofloxacin ad min is -
tra tion is a sim ple and ef fi cient first-line pro -
duce an op ti mal ther a peu tic ef fect.
to col an ti bi otic ther apy for peri to ni tis, and
uIn a multicenter study in the Neth er lands
oral ciprofloxacin pro vides sat is fac tory re -
[1701], 98 out of 367 CAPD pa tients de vel -
sults in gram-neg a tive in fec tions, com pared
oped peri to ni tis, 44 of whom were treated
with IP ciprofloxacin plus rifampicin (each
uLeblanc [1667] de scribed 3 cases of peri to -
ni tis in CAPD pa tients who were suc cess -
fully treated with oral ciprofloxacin.
bag). Ini tial and late clin i cal suc cesses were50% and 37% in the cephradine group andin 75% and 64% in the cipro floxa cin/
Intraperitoneal ad min is tra tion
rifampicin group. Bac te ri o log i cal suc cess in
uOne group [1697,1698,1699], used IP ad -
the group treated em pir i cally oc curred in
min is tra tion (25 or 50 mg/l in each bag over
30% of the cephradine group and in 59% in
sev eral days) in CAPD pa tients with peri to ni -
tis; mean plasma con cen tra tion 0.3 and 1.1
uOne study [1703] com pared oral ver sus IP
mg/l, mean con cen tra tion in the ef flu ent
ciprofloxacin as pri mary treat ment of bac te -
dialysate 6.1 and 10.0 mg/l, re spec tively.
The 25-mg/l ther apy was suc cess ful in 79%
sodes in 46 pa tients); pri mary care rate was
of the ep i sodes, and the 50-mg/l ther apy
~42% in the oral group and ~67% in the IP
was suc cess ful in 83% of the ep i sodes.
group. The au thors fa vour IP treat ment and
uIn one re port [1700], an IP load ing dose of
rec om mend 50 mg/l per bag in stead of 25
ciprofloxacin was given for 24 hrs, si mul ta -
neously the drug was given orally and there -
uIn a pro spec tive, ran dom ized, con trolled
af ter only orally; mean dialysate con cen tra -
trial with 40 CAPD pa tients, IP ciprofloxacin
tions were ini tially ~6 mg/l which de creased
was shown to be as ef fec tive as the cur -
sub stan tially dur ing the course of the treat -
rently rec om mended reg i men of IP vanco -
mycin and gentamicin for treat ment of peri -
uPharmacokinetics of IP ciprofloxacin were
to ni tis, and has ad van tages over the oral
in ves ti gated in 6 non-in fected CCPD pa
tients [1661]. A load ing dose of 25 mg/l in
uPérez-Fontán et al. [1668] an a lyzed 682 ep -
the dialysate of 4 short-dwell ex changes re -
i sodes of bac te rial peri to ni tis treated with IP
sulted in dialysate lev els of 21 - 13 mg/l
hrs). In the sub se quent last bag, de void of
(1988 - 2007). Fol low ing sat is fac tory early
the drug, a peak level of ~1.4 mg/l was ob -
re sults, the ef fec tive ness of ciprofloxacin as
served at 30 min. In stil la tion of 100 mg/l in
a monotherapy in PD-re lated peri to ni tis has
the last bag yielded peak dialysate lev els of
de clined mark edly in the long-term for not
99 mg/l, fall ing with a t1/2 of 3.3 hrs to wards
lev els of 2 mg/l at ~20 hrs. In stil la tion of 25mg/l ciprofloxacin in the last bag yielded a
Al though fre quently and of ten suc cess fully
peak level in the dialysate of ~22 mg/l, fall -
used, var i ous in ves ti ga tors state that oral and
ing with a t1/2 of 3.9 hrs to wards dialysate
IP ad min is tra tion of gyrase in hib i tors, such as
lev els of <2 mg/l at 15 hrs. The rapid ab -
ciprofloxacin, have not been en dorsed as a
sorp tion of the drug from the dialysate into
first line treat ment of peri to ni tis com pli cat ing
the tis sues means that ciprofloxacin has to
CAPD, partly due to fail ure or re lapse be cause
be added to all CCPD bags to en sure bac te -
of re sis tant gram-pos i tive bac te ria. Con cern -
ri cidal dialysate lev els; on the other hand,
such high an ti bi otic con cen tra tions, even
ences in the rate of dif fu sion through the peri -
though they are of short du ra tion, at the in -
to neum in both di rec tions, from the vas cu lar
sys tem and from the peritoneal cav ity, in the
ties, in clud ing au to im mune hemo lytic ane mia
case of peri to ni tis where the dif fu sion through
[1677, 1679]. Nearly all pa tients de vel op ing
the in jured peri to neum is higher when com -
acute re nal fail ure were over 50 years of age.
pared to the non-in fected sit u a tion. The frac -
Other risk fac tors were high doses of the drug
tion of the ad min is tered dose of the drug re -
(over dose) [1687], in ad e quate hydration, as
moved by CAPD or CCPD is < 2% of the dose.
well as the use of other nephrotoxic drugs and
Al though the low peritoneal clear ance has al -
the pres ence of other pro cesses likely to con -
trib ute to re nal dam age such as di a be tes.
A very few cases of crys tal nephropathy have
within or around the in fected peri to neum are
the key fac tors in the treat ment of peri to ni tis.
1688]. Al though ex per i men tal stud ies in di -cated that crystalluria may be as so ci ated with
CRRT in ICU: Us ing mod i fied CVVHDF (QD and
ciprofloxacin [1684, 1687], the likelyhood in
QF 1 - 2 l/hr), based on in-vi tro cal cu la tions
hu mans was be lieved to be very low be cause
300 mg IV was in jected twice daily, 60 min af -
ter ini ti a tion of CRRT [628]. The mean AUC
pended on a urine pH >6.8. In the mean time,
reached a level higher than the tar get AUC,
cases of crystalluria in hu mans have oc curred
and in fec tions were suc cess fully con trolled.
with a urine pH <6.6 and <6.0. In the case of
Other dos age reg i mens: Us ing CVVHD (QD 1 -
de creas ing re nal func tion dur ing quinolone
2 l/hr, QUF 1 l/hr) or CVVHDF (QD 1 l/hr, QUF 1 -
treat ment a uri nary sed i ment anal y sis is man -
2 l/hr) 200 mg IV was given 2 - 3 times daily
treated with ei ther CVVHF or CVVHDF. All pa -
In or der to eval u ate the prev a lence and in ci -
tients re ceived IV in fu sions of 400 mg once
dence of ciprofloxacin nephrotoxicity, Burke et
daily which was suf fi cient to main tain ef fec -
al. [236] asked 4,253 stu dents to take one
tive drug con cen tra tions in plasma [1691].
oral dose of 500 mg ciprofloxacin and about3,200 stu
Fluoroquinolones are gen er ally well tol er ated. Ad
tract, CNS, and skin. Ciprofloxacin and a fewother quinolones are po ten tially nephrotoxic
A widely un rec og nized and even ig nored prob -
which has to be taken into con sid er ation when
lem re gard ing drug treat ment in re nal pa tients
the drug is given to pa tients with im paired re -
is that all phos phate bind ers also bind orally
nal func tion. It should be noted that the po ten -
ad min is tered drugs (Prob lem 1). In this con -
tial nephrotoxicity of the drug may worsen ex -
text, a sec ond se ri ous prob lem is that data on
ist ing re nal func tion and im pair any re sid ual
ab sorp tion ex ists only for a few drugs (Prob lem
2). A mi nor prob lem is that phar ma ceu ti cal
Two re views of case re ports of re nal tox ic ity as -
com pa nies are not able to or are not asked by
so ci ated with ciprofloxacin in di cated that such
the au thor i ties to show ab sorp tion rates for
tox ic ity, al though po ten tially se ri ous, was rare
drugs us ing their phos phate bind ers (Prob lem
[1688, 1693]. In deed, all pub li ca tions con tain
3). A fur ther prob lem is that drugs can not dis -
case re ports only whereas se ries of pa tients
with re nal dam age have not been pub lished.
com pletely chem i cally bound al ready in the GI
mune-me di ated in ter sti tial ne phri tis or rarely
A po ten tial prob lem with the in creas ing use of
acute tu bu lar ne cro sis, with out or with (re vers -
quinolone-type an ti bi ot ics is the chelation and
ible) acute re nal fail ure [236, 1670, 1677,
in ac ti va tion of these com pounds by sev eral
1671, 1672, 1673, 1674, 1676, 1678, 1682,
cat ions in con com i tantly ad min is tered med i ca -
1683, 1693], and he ma to log i cal ab nor mal i -
tion. In sol u ble che late com plexes are formed
be tween the cat ions and the drug, re sult ing in
and 10 - 15% as ac tive or in ac tive me tab o -
dra mat i cally re duced bioavailability of the
lites; elim i na tion t1/2 4 - 7 hrs.
agent. One of the best in ves ti gated drugs inthis re spect is ciprofloxacin. About ~50% of an
Dos age in re nal in suf fi ciency and di al y sis
oral dose (range 22 - 76%) [1690] is bound
when given to gether with cur rently used phos -
è Lim ited data avail able, but dos age
phate bind ers, such as cal cium-, mag ne sium-,
and alu mi num-con tain ing salts as well as thecationic poly
Elim i na tion t1/2 is pro longed in re nal im pair -
(most likely also sevelamer car bon ate), and
lan tha num [673, 1694, 1663, 1690, 1662,
l Usual doses can be given in CKD Stage 2 to
1664, 1689]. This lo gis tic prob lem was de -
scribed for ciprofloxacin shortly af ter its in tro -
l re duce dos age by 25% in CKD Stage 4GFR
duc tion [1689, 1696]. Fol low ing oral ad min is -
l give 50% of the usual dos age in ESRD (CKD
ciprofloxacin in the dialysate achieved in
CAPD pa tients on phos phate bind ers were 8 -
33% of those ob served in sub jects not re ceiv -
No data avail able re gard ing re moval by HD
should be avoided in all di al y sis pa tients, al -
The most fea si ble and safe so lu tion to over -
though some sources rec om mend dose ad -
come this com plex se ries of prob lems is to al -
just ment in HD and no dose ad just ment in
ter the dos age reg i men in the pa tients. It is be -
com ing com mon prac tice to take phos phatebind ers to gether with the meals (for ac tualand con tin u ous phos phate bind ing) and to in -gest other pre scribed drugs 2 hrs be fore or af -
ter meals. Phos phate bind ers should be with -
(MW 345.4; for oral application used as magnesium salt
MW 767.2, for IV injection used as sodium salt MW 368.4)
GI fate: Be cause esomeprazole is acid-la bile,
med i ca tions are pro vided in an en teric-coated
first-pass me tab o lism; PPB >70%; bio avai la -
gran ule for mu la tion. Ab sorp tion is rapid,
plasma lev els peak within 1 - 2 hrs. Fol low ing
Me tab o lism: Con verted in the liver by hepatic
a sin gle dose, ab so lute bioavailability (com -
P450 isoenzyme to its prin ci pal ac tive me tab -
pared to IV ad min is tra tion) is ~ 65%, fol low ing
o lite; both are widely dis trib uted, and tis sue
main te nance treat ment (20 - 40 mg daily),
ab so lute bioavailability is ~ 90%, much higher
part be cause of intracellular up take.
be cause of a sat u ra ble first-pass ef fect. PPB
Elim i na tion: At steady-state up to 55% of the
is ap prox i mately 97%; plasma t1/2 in healthy
dose is ex creted in the urine, 40% un changed
sub jects 1.3 hr; aVD 0.25 l/kg (small). Me tab o lism: Esomeprazole is al
by HD and PD, but re moval is un likely due to
pletely me tab o lized in the liver, pri mar ily by
CYP2C19 and to a lesser ex tent by CYP3A4.
l Usual doses may be given in CKD stage 2 to
Note: As with many other drugs, there are 3
prob lems with esomeprazole in re nal im pair -
l it is pru dent to avoid ad min is tra tion in CKD
such as CYP2C19 and CYP3A4, ex hibit a ge -
l in di al y sis pa tients give min i mal doses or
netic poly mor phism due to their de fi ciency in
avoid ad min is tra tion be cause of lack of ex -
some sub-pop u la tions (poor metabolizers). In
re nal im pair ment, 1. esomeprazole me tab o -
Be cause of the po ten tial nephrotoxicity of the
lism may not only be de layed be cause of ac cu -
drug it is ad vis able to eval u ate re nal func tion
mu la tion of me tab o lites not yet ex creted, but
pe ri od i cally in pa tients with out re nal im pair -
2. may also be slow in poor metabolizers. If
drugs are ad min is tered con com i tantly which
3. use the same CYP450 isoenzyme for me -tab o lism (po ten tial CYP450 in hib i tors), thesein hibit con ver sion of esome prazole. Thus,
avoid such in hib i tory drugs in re nal pa tients.
Var i ous cases of omeprazole-in duced acute
(toxic) in ter sti tial ne phri tis have been re -
~80% of the dose as in ac tive me tab o lites,
ported. Since esomeprazole is an iso mer of
<1% of the dose un changed; the re main der is
omeprazole, the same has to be an tic i pated
found in the fe ces, also as in ac tive me tab o -
for esomeprazole, but so far only one case has
been pub lished [527]. Pro ton pump in hib i tor-re lated acute in ter sti -tial ne phri tis is rare, id io syn cratic, and dif fi cult
Dos age in re nal in suf fi ciency and di al y sis
to pre dict. Dur ing the pe riod 1970 - 2006, 64
cases were pub lished, 59 cases con firmed by
è No, or lim ited data avail able, butdos age ad just ments ad vis able!
Ac cord ing to the man u fac turer, pharmaco -kinetics in pa tients with im paired re nal func -
tion are not ex pected to be al tered rel a tive to
healthy vol un teers, as <1% of the dose is ex -
creted un changed in the urine. There fore hisad vise is that usual doses can be given to all
Usual dos age: Ini tially 50 mg once daily by
dose range of 100 - 300 mg/day in two di -
This state ment, how ever, is in need of cor rec -
vided doses; not to ex ceed 300 mg per day.
tion. The rea son for this is that in se vere re nalim pair ment in ac tive me tab o lites will ac cu mu -late, and there is no in
creased re moval by the in tes tine will com pen -
GI fate: Readily ab sorbed; plasma lev els peak
sate for the ac cu mu la tion. More over, ac cu mu -
within 3 - 8 hrs; plasma t1/2 15 hrs; ab so lute
la tion of the me tab o lites leads to a slow ing
bioavailability 53% of the dose; PPB 80%;
down of me tab o lism of the par ent drug its ac -
mean aVD ~25 l/kg (ex tremely large), sug -
cu mu la tion, and the risk of se ri ous ad verse or
gest ing ex ten sive tis sue dis tri bu tion.
toxic ef fects. UK li censed prod uct in for ma tion
Me tab o lism: Ex ten sively me tab o lized by the
ad vises cau tion in pa tients with CKD stage 4
liver; 9 me tab o lites have been iden ti fied, con -
to 5GFR ≤29, as ex pe ri ence in these pa tients is
sti tut ing ~85% of the uri nary ex cre tion prod -
lim ited. No data avail able re gard ing re moval
Elim i na tion: Al most com pletely ex creted inthe urine (94% of the dose), ~2% un changed,
the re main der as me tab o lites. Elim i na tion t1/2
Syn onyms: Glybenzcyclamide, Glyburide
Dos age in re nal in suf fi ciency and di al y sis
mouth; if nec es sary in creased by 2.5 mg daily
è No, or lim ited data avail able, pro poseddos age ad vice is pre lim i nary!
Fol low ing treat ment with 50 mg fluvoxamine
Sec ond-gen er a tion sulfonylurea with much
twice daily for 4 and 6 weeks in pa tients with
dif fer ent de grees of re nal im pair ment (CKD
stage 3 to 5GFR ≤59), min i mum plasma con cen -
GI fate: Al most com pletely ab sorbed; plasma
tra tions of the par ent drug are com pa ra ble,
lev els peak within 4 hrs; PPB >97%; plasma
sug gest ing that in re nal pa tients ac cu mu la -
t1/2 2 - 2.5 hrs; aVD 0.1 l/kg (very small). Me tab o lism: The drug is al most com pletely
In view of the fact that the drug is elim i nated
con verted by hepatic me tab o lism to hydroxy
glibenclamide and 2 mi nor me tab o lites, which
seems ques tion able. Most of the drug is re -
moved as (un mea sured) me tab o lites in these
glycemic ac tion since they are al most in ac tive
pa tients, and only 2% of the dose are re moved
(<10% of the po tency of the par ent drug).
un changed from the plasma but any pre cise
Elim i na tion:50 - 55% of the dose ex creted
mea sure ment of such low con cen tra tions is
also ques tion able. In this con text and in con -
changed; about 45 - 50% ex creted via bile in
trast to pharmacokinetic ob ser va tions, ac cu -
the fe ces, mainly as me tab o lites, 4 - 6% un -
mu la tion of me tab o lites in pa tients with se -
changed. Elim i na tion t1/2 8 - 10 hrs.
vere re nal fail ure un der long-term treat ment is likely and must be an
Dos age in re nal in suf fi ciency and di al y sis
quence is a con cen tra tion-bal anced slow- down
of me tab o lism of par ent drug and pos si ble ac -
è Dos age ad just ments are ad vis able!
Be cause of a com pen sa tory in crease in ex cre -
tion via bile in the fe ces, no clear cor re la tion
was found be tween par ent drug and its me -
l ad min is ter a usual dose of 50 mg once a
ciency; also hemodialysis did not af fect the
dose care fully ac cord ing to clin i cal re -
pharmacokinetics, fol low ing sin gle or mul ti ple
l no dos age re duc tion is re quired in re nal in -
and in all di al y sis pa tients (not data avail -
How ever, in CKD stage 4GFR 29-15, some de layin ex cre tion has to be an tic i pated; there forel avoid us ing the drug in ESRD; pre scribe
gliquidone in stead or use in su lin which ismore suit able be cause dos age can be ti -trated. Dis tri bu tion and me tab o lism: Steady-state
0.2 - 0.3 l/kg (mod er ate); ex ten sively con -verted in the liver to at least 7 in ac tive me tab -
Usual dos age: 12.5 - 75 mg daily by mouth. Elim i na tion:60 - 70% of the dose ex cretedin the urine and 10 - 20% in the fe ces, all as
Sec ond-gen er a tion sulfonylurea with much
Dos age in re nal in suf fi ciency and di al y sis
GI fate: Al most com pletely ab sorbed (>90% of
è Dos age ad just ments are ad vis able!
sively con verted to at least 6 me tab o lites with
l In CKD stage 2 to 3GFR 89-30, ad min is ter cau -
lit tle or no hypoglycemic ac tiv ity.
tiously with close mon i tor ing of blood sugar
Elim i na tion: About 66% ex creted in the urine
and 33% via bile in the fe ces as me tab o lites;
drug is sig nif i cantly pro longed (up to 22 hrs),which may cause pro longed re lease of in su lin
Dos age in re nal in suf fi ciency and di al y sis
l the use of oral antidiabetics in clud ing
No dos age ad just ments nec es sary!
gliclazide should be dis con tin ued in CKD
Even though the elim i na tion of in ac tive me -
stage 4 to 5GFR ≤29 and in di al y sis pa tients
tab o lites is pro longed up to 4 fold, no dos age
re duc tion is nec es sary in re nal in suf fi ciency;
No data avail able re gard ing re moval by HD
ad min is ter glibornuride with cau tion in CKD
stage 3 to 5GFR ≤59 and in di al y sis pa tientsbe cause the elim i na tion t1/2 of the par entdrug may be pro longed.
In CKD stage 5GFR <15 (ESRD) in su lin is moresuit able be cause dos age can be ti trated.
No data avail able re gard ing re moval by HDand PD (CAPD).
mouth, may be in creased if nec es sary up to 8mg daily for main te nance.
Sec ond-gen er a tion sulfonylurea with much
Usual dos age: Ini tially, 40 - 80 mg daily by
mouth, grad u ally in creased, if nec es sary, up
GI fate: Com pletely ab sorbed (100%); plasma
lev els peak within 2 - 3 hrs; plasma t1/2 af termul ti ple dos ing 5 - 9 hrs; PPB 99.5%; aVD
Sec ond-gen er a tion sulfonylurea with much
Me tab o lism: Glimepiride is ex ten sively me tab -
o lized by CYP2D9 in the liver to one main me -
tab o lite, a hydroxy de riv a tive with low ac tiv ity. GI fate: Al most com pletely ab sorbed; plasma
An other path way in volves for ma tion of an in -
lev els peak within 4 - 6 hrs; PPB 85 - 97%. Elim i na tion: About 60% of the dose is ex Me tab o lism: Mostly con verted to 2 ac tive and
creted in the urine and 40% in the fe ces. No
2 in ac tive me tab o lites; me tab o lite 1 (norke -
par ent drug is re cov ered from urine or fe ces.
tamine) has 10% and me tab o lite 2 (de hydro -norketamine) 1% of the nar cotic ef fect of the
Dos age in re nal in suf fi ciency and di al y sis
Elim i na tion:Pre dom i nantly ex creted in the
è Dos age ad just ments are ad vis able!urine (80 - 95% of the dose), mainly as me -tab o lites, lit tle un changed (2 - 3%); 2 - 8%
Glimepiride is well tol er ated in mild, mod er ate
elim i nated in the fe ces; es ti mated elim i na tion
and se vere re nal im pair ment. Be cause of
com pen sa tory elim i na tion via the GI tract, ac -
1/2 of the par ent drug is ~2.5 hrs, that of the
me tab o lites (in an i mal ex per i ments) 4 - 6 hrs.
cu mu la tion of par ent drug is un likely, and atran sient in crease in se rum con cen tra tions ofboth me tab o lites does not re sult in clin i cal
Dos age in re nal in suf fi ciency and di al y sis
A start ing dose of 1 mg glimepiride can be
è Dos age ad just ments are ad vis able!
given to di a betic pa tients with chronic kid ney
In the el derly ketamine ap pears to in flu ence
dis ease, and the dose ti trated based on fast -
nei ther urine out put nor glo mer u lar fil tra tion
rate and ef fec tive re nal plasma flow (nephro -
l be cause of the pos si ble ac cu mu la tion of
toxicity there fore un likely). It has been shown
the ac tive me tab o lite (risk of hypoglycemia)
the com bin ing ketamine with di az e pam or
glimepride should be used with cau tion in
dence of ad verse re ac tions. In HD pa tients the
l the drug should be avoided in CKD stage
agent does not in flu ence the clin i cal con di -
5GFR <15 (ESRD); pre scribe gliquidone in -
stead or in su lin which is more suit able be -
Ex pe ri ence from ICU con cern ing the long-term
se da tion is avail able for crit i cally ill pa tients
with pre-ex ist ing acute re nal fail ure who re -
shown but is un likely be cause of the high PPB
and ex ten sive con ver sion to me tab o lites.
25% above the lev els in vol un teers. The de -sired ther a peu tic ef fect was achieved, and no
toxic symp toms were ob served; how ever, sig -
nif i cant ac cu mu la tion of me tab o lite 2 isknown. For gen eral an es the sia pur poses in
pa tients with chronic re nal in suf fi ciency,
l it is ad vis able to ap ply usual nar cotic doses
PPB var ies from 10 to 47%, and is much lower
with cau tion in CKD stage 2 to 3GFR 89-30, and
than with the other parenteral an es thet ics.
l to avoid ad min is tra tion in CKD stage 4 to
5GFR ≤29 if pa tient is not yet di a lyzed.
thio pental, ketamine is wa ter-sol u ble andavail able as so lu tions in NaCl plus the pre ser -
Re moval of ketamine by HD is lim ited (range
va tive benzethonium chlo ride. Fol low ing IV
4 - 10% of the dose dur ing one 4-hr HD) due to
bolus, the drug is rap idly and widely dis trib -
the wide dis tri bu tion into body tis sues and
rapid me tab o lism. Re moval by PD not proven
min); aVD ex tremely large (3 l/kg). The phase
but ap pears also to be in sig nif i cant.
of an es thetic ac tion lasts for about 45 min
With re gard to HD pa tients un der long-term se -
and is determinated by re dis tri bu tion from the
CNS to pe riph eral tis sues and hepatic me tab -
l to in crease the dos ing in ter val ac cord ing to
l al ter na tively, to in crease the du ra tion of di -
Due to sig nif i cant ad verse ef fects, avoid ad -
al y sis up to 24 hrs (con tin u ous di al y sis/he -
min is tra tion to pa tients with re nal in suf fi -
(MW 171.2, as benzoate MW 275.3, as hydrochloride MW
A pro ges ter one (see there). Lim ited data avail -
60 - 80% of the dose, plasma lev els peak within
~4 hrs; PPB low (5 - 20%); fol low ing oral ad min -is tra tion, bioavailability is 90 - 100% of the
Dos age in re nal in suf fi ciency and di al y sis
dose; aVD mod er ate (0.6 - 0.9 l/kg). Me tab o lism: About 40% of the dose (par ent
è No, or lim ited data avail able, pro posed
drug) is con ju gated with glucuronic acid or sul -
dos age ad vice is pre lim i nary!
fates, the re main der un der goes ox i da tive me -
tab o lism. About 10% of the dose is con verted
The drug may be used as con tra cep tive in
to an acid de riv a tive which pos sesses ~5% of
the ac tiv ity of the par ent drug and which is
Be cause of lack of clin i cal ex pe ri ence it is ad -
vis able to avoid the agent in CKD stage 4 to
5GFR ≤29 and in all di al y sis pa tients. Elim i na tion:Up to 75% of the dose ex cretedin the urine, half of the amount as a hydroxyde riv a tive and a small amount as an acid de -
riv a tive, the re main der un changed; up to 15%
found in the fe ces. Elim i na tion t1/2 of par ent
(MW 246.3, as hydrochloride MW 222.7, and as propionate
drug 8 hrs (range 6 - 10 hrs), that of hydroxy
me tab o lite 10 hrs (range 8 - 14 hr).
mech a nism of ac tion of the drug is not known.
Dos age in re nal in suf fi ciency and di al y sispa tients:
è Dos age ad just ments are rec om mended!
Well ab sorbed through dam aged skin (wounds). Af ter en ter ing cir cu la tion, mafenide is me tab -
Be cause of ex ten sive me tab o lism, plasma t1/2
o lized to an in ac tive me tab o lite which re tains
of the par ent drug is not al tered in im paired re -
the abil ity to in hibit car bonic an hydrase.
hydroxy me tab o lite is pro longed in ESRD up to
creted in the urine, prob a bly com pletely as
40 hrs, re sult ing in sig nif i cant ac cu mu la tion in
plasma. l Usual doses can be given to pa tients with
Dos age in re nal in suf fi ciency and di al y sis
l It is ad vis able to re duce the dos age in CKD
è No, or lim ited data avail able, no dos age
stage 3GFR 59-30, and to closely mon i tor for
side ef fects and ef fi cacy of the drug.
Be cause of the dan ger of ac cu mu la tion of the
nally me tab o lized by CYP1A2, CYP2D6, and
ma jor ac tive me tab o lite and as long as its toxic
CYP3A4; ge netic poly mor phism in re la tion to
CYP2D6 has been iden ti fied. Sev eral me tab o -
l it is pru dent to avoid ad min is tra tion in pa -
lites have min i mal antiarrhythmic ac tiv ity (up
to 20% as po tent as the par ent drug). Elim i na tion:Ex creted en tirely in the urine,10% (range 5 to 20%) un changed and the re -
Re moval by HD is sub stan tial; elim i na tion t1/2
main der as me tab o lites. Be cause mexiletine
of the par ent drug is <2.5 hrs and that of the
is a weak base, re nal clear ance de pends on
hydroxy me tab o lite <7 hrs dur ing di al y sis.
pH of the urine. Re moval in al ka line urine is ex -
l Be tween di al y ses, ei ther the dose should
be re duced or the dos age in ter val dou bled.
l A usual, sup ple men tal dose should be given
Dos age in re nal in suf fi ciency and di al y sis
Peritoneal di al y sis and CAPD [238, 253, 579]:
Fol low ing oral ad min is tra tion, the pen e tra tion
è Dif fer en ti ated dos age ad just ments are
to the peri to neum dur ing PD is sub stan tial.
Con cen tra tion in the dialysate may reach up to
Con sis tent with the lim ited re nal elim i na tion
65% of the trough plasma con cen tra tion.
of the par ent drug, lit tle change in the elim i na -
l A dose of 500 mg ev ery 12 hrs has proved to
be ef fec tive and does not seem to cause
1/2 has been de tected in pa tients with re -
duced re nal func tion. In 8 pa tients with CKD
ma jor side ef fects. Fol low ing oral ad min is -
tra tion in CAPD, plasma and di al y sis fluid
GFR < 15, mean plasma t1/2 was 15.7 hrs,
l usual dose should be given dur ing CAPD to
plasma lev els of the drug as a re sult of ac cu mu -
achieve ef fec tive peritoneal con cen tra tions
la tion have not been seen in such pa tients. It
in the treat ment of peri to ni tis.
has been shown that >90% of the dose is ex -creted in urine as poorly ac tive or in ac tive me -tab o lites.
l Initially usual doses may be given to pa tients
with CKD stage 4GFR 29-15 but dos age should
Usual dos age: Ini tial dose 200 mg ev ery 8 hrs;
ad just in 50 or 100 mg in cre ments ev ery 8 to
l in pa tients with CKD stage 5GFR <15 and in all
di al y sis pa tients, ini tial doses should be re -duced and main te nance dos age should be
tai lored ac cord ing to clin i cal re sponse.
More over, it is pru dent to avoid ad min is tra -
sorbed, plasma lev els peak within 2 - 3 hrs;
tion to these two groups of pa tients.
Re moval by HD and PD is neg li gi ble, <3% of
Me tab o lism and dis tri bu tion: Mexiletine is a
the dose is re moved by HD, no re moval by
close struc tural an a logue of lidocaine. Un like
CAPD. The drug is mostly lo cated out side the
bioavailability is there fore 80 - 90% of the
fore, not be reached by di al y sis mea sures.
dose. Mexiletine is widely dis trib uted into alltis
(5 - 12 l/kg). The drug eas ily passes phys i o -
log i cal bar ri ers; thus, only 1% of the dose re -
mains in the blood. 58 - 95% of the dose is fi -
rhythmic agent should be ad justed to clin i cal
and/or tis sue bind ing of the drug. Paclitaxel is
ef fi cacy and re sponse. The same ap plies in
me tab o lized in the liver by CYP2C8 pri mar ily to
pa tients with im paired re nal func tion.
the ma jor me tab o lite, and by CYP3A4 to 2 mi -nor me tab o lites. Elim i na tion: Mostly ex creted in the fe ces (70%
changed); up to 12% of the dose is ex cretedin the urine, in di cat ing ex ten sive non-re nal
Usual dos age: An ti dote, used in the treat ment
clear ance; elim i na tion t1/2 up to 50 hrs.
of poi son ings with organophosphates or re -lated com pounds. For its dos age con sult tox i -
Dos age in re nal in suf fi ciency and di al y sis
pa tients:è No data avail able, no dos age sugges-
Sim i lar to pralidoxime (see there); no ap pre -
Be cause of (ther a peu tic) cell tox ic ity and un -
clear ex cre tion char ac ter is tics, stud ies in re -nal pa tients have not been con ducted.
Dos age in re nal in suf fi ciency and di al y sispa tients:
è No, or lim ited data avail able, butdos age ad just ments ad vis able!
with paclitaxel, 5 pa tients had re nal tox ic ity of
Char ac ter is tics of obidoxime did not change
grade III or IV (re nal in suf fi ciency with re vers -
sig nif i cantly in a poi soned pa tient with a CrCl
ible el e va tions in sCr). These few cases of pos -
of 54 ml/min; 80% of the dose was ex creted in
si ble re nal dis tur bance, are in suf fi cient to
the urine over 5 hrs [133]. No data avail able
clas sify paclitaxel as po ten tially nephrotoxic.
re gard ing re moval by HD or PD (CAPD). Be cause of the char ac ter is tics of the drug,l it is ad vis able to ad min is ter usual doses in
to re duce dos age in CKD stage 3GFR 59-30;and
l to avoid ad min is tra tion in CKD stage 4 to
An ti vi ral drug (in hib i tor of neuramidase ac tiv -
ity of in flu enza A and B, in clud ing H1N1 in flu -
GFR ≤29 and in di al y sis pa tients. Usual dos age: Adults and ad o les cents ≤18
years: 600 mg IV once daily in fused for 5 - 10
days; chil dren ≥6 years and ad o les cents ≤17years: 10 mg/kg IV once daily in fused (not to
ex ceed 600 mg/dose) for 5 - 10 days. Dos age
in smaller chil dren, see drug in sert.
PPB <30%; not sig nif i cantly me tab o lized. Elim i na tion:Al most com pletely ex creted inthe urine (90% of the dose); elim i na tion t1/2
Dis tri bu tion and Me tab o lism: At steady-state,
var ies from 7.7 to 20.8 hrs; no ac cu mu la tion
mean aVD is very large (range 5 - 15 l/kg), in -
ob served dur ing mul ti ple dos ing.
di cat ing ex ten sive extravascular dis tri bu tion
Dos age in re nal in suf fi ciency and di al y sis
cally ill pa tients dur ing SLED treat ment (QB
200 ml/min, QD 300 ml/min) [1769]. With a
è Dos age ad just ment is rec om mended!
daily IV dose of 600 mg, mean peak peramivirplasma lev els (~27,000 ng/ml) were in the
In re nal pa tients with CKD stage 2GFR 89-60, the
range of those in healthy sub jects (45,200
mean sys temic ex po sure is 24% higher than in
ng/ml). Both pa tients re cov ered from the vi ral
those with nor mal re nal func tion (an in crease
not ex pected to be clin i cally rel e vant); withCKD stage 3GFR 59-30, 3.4-fold higher; with CKD
stage 4GFR 29-15, 6-fold higher; with CKD stage
Since peramivir is elim i nated pri mar ily by the
kid ney, coadministration with drugs that re -
In adults and ad o les cents ≤18 yearsl
duce re nal func tion or com pete for ac tive tu -
with CKD stage 2GFR 89-60, give the usual
bu lar se cre tion (see un der In tro duc tion) will
the o ret i cally in crease plasma con cen tra tions
with CKD stage 3GFR 59-30, give 150 mg daily;
with CKD stage 4GFR 29-15, give 100 mg daily;
with CKD stage 5GFR <15 but not yet di a lyzed,
give 100 mg on day 1, then give 15 mg daily.
enzyme sys tem should not al ter the elim i na -
yearsl with CKD stage 2GFR 89-60, give the usual
l with CKD stage 3GFR 59-30, give 10 mg/kg
l with CKD stage 4GFR 29-15, give 2.5 mg/kg
Dos age in re nal in suf fi ciency and di al y sis
l with CKD stage 5GFR <15 but not yet di a lyzed,
è No dos age ad just ments nec es sary!
give 1.6 mg/kg on day 1, then 0.25 mg/kgdaily.
Dos age ad just ment for smaller chil dren, see
Hemodialysis [1768]: Ap pre cia ble re moval byHD, thus ad min is tra tion af ter di al y sis.
An immunosuppressive agent for top i cal use
l give 100 mg on day 1, then 1.6 mg/kg 2 hrs
in atopic der ma ti tis (like tacrolimus); min i mal
af ter each HD, no fur ther dos ing be tween
sys temic ab sorp tion; me tab o lized in the liver,
PD and CAPD: No data avail able. CRRT in ICU: There is ev i dence that the drug is
Drug dos age in re nal in suf fi ciency and
elim i nated by CVVHF and CVVHD but, at pres -
ent rec om men da tions can not be made. Re -
è No dos age ad just ments nec es sary!
cently, peramivir was ad min is tered to two crit i -
Systematic Review on the Management of IrritableBowel Syndrome in North AmericaLawrence J. Brandt, M.D., Chairman,1 David Bjorkman, M.D.,2 M. Brian Fennerty, M.D.,3G. Richard Locke, M.D.,4 Kevin Olden, M.D.,5 Walter Peterson, M.D.,6 Eamonn Quigley, M.D.,7Philip Schoenfeld, M.D., M.S.Ed., M.Sc. (Epi),8 Marvin Schuster, M.D.,9 and Nicholas Talley, M.D., Ph.D.101 Albert Einstein College of Medicine,