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Comparative pharmacokinetics of lovastatin, simvastatin and pravastatin in humans.

Journal of clinical pharmacology, ISSN: 0091-2700, Vol: 32, Issue: 2, Page: 136-140
1992
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Twelve healthy male volunteers received single market-image 40-mg oral doses of lovastatin and simvastatin (both lactone prodrugs), or pravastatin (a beta-hydroxyacid) at 1 week intervals in a three-way crossover study to quantify HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors in plasma. Multiple plasma samples were collected up to 24 hours after the dose and assayed for active and total HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors. After equal oral doses, higher plasma concentrations of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitory activity after pravastatin than after either lovastatin of simvastatin (2-3 fold greater area under the concentration-time curve) suggest a greater potential availability of pravastatin-related inhibitory activity to peripheral tissues.

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Pertti J. Pentikainen; Markku Saraheimo; Jules I. Schwartz; Raju D. Amin; Michael S. Schwartz; Francoise Brunner‐Ferber; J. Douglas Rogers

Wiley

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics; Medicine

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