Study of pharmacokinetics of an in situ forming gel system for controlled delivery of florfenicol in pigs.

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Geng ZX, Li HM, Tian J, Liu TF, Yu ZG

Study of pharmacokinetics of an in situ forming gel system for controlled delivery of florfenicol in pigs.

J Vet Pharmacol Ther. 2015 Dec;38(6):596-600. doi: 10.1111/jvp.12218. Epub 2015 Mar 16.

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To reduce florfenicol (FFC) administration frequency in veterinary use, the drug was currently developed into in situ forming gel. Twelve pigs were randomly divided into two groups (six pigs per group). A single i.m. dose of 40 mg/kg body weight (b.w.) was given to pigs, group one was given FFC in situ forming gel, and group two was given FFC conventional injection. High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was used to determine FFC plasma concentrations. There were significant differences (P < 0.01) between FFC in situ forming gel and conventional injection, in pharmacokinetic parameters MRT (mean retention time) (57.79 +/- 2.88) h versus (15.94 +/- 1.29) h, AUC (area under the concentration-time curve) (421.54 +/- 8.97) mug.h/mL versus (168.16 +/- 4.59) mug.h/mL, tmax (time of occurrence of cmax ) (9.00 +/- 2.68) h versus (4.33 +/- 0.82) h, cmax (maximum plasma concentration) (6.87 +/- 0.66) mug/mL versus (12.01 +/- 0.66) mug/mL, t1/2lambdaz (terminal elimination half-life) (38.04 +/- 2.20) h versus (9.15 +/- 2.71) h. The results demonstrated that the in situ forming gel system could shorten dosing interval of FFC and thus achieved less frequent administration during long-term treatment.

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