Interaction between grapefruit juice and praziquantel in humans

Nelly Castro, Helgi Jung, Roberto Medina, Dinora González-Esquivel, Mario Lopez, Julio Sotelo

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Abstract

After a single oral dose of praziquantel with 250 ml of grapefruit juice, the area under the concentration-time curve and the maximum concentration in plasma of praziquantel (Cmax) were significantly increased (Cmax for water treatment, 637.71 ± 128.5 ng/ml; and Cmax for grapefruit juice treatment, 1,037.65 ± 305.7 ng/ml, P ≤ 0.05). No statistically significant differences were found in the time to maximum concentration of drug in plasma or elimination half-life.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1614-1616
Number of pages3
JournalAntimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Volume46
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002
Externally publishedYes

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