The pharmacokinetics of single and combined doses of pentazocine HCl (40 and 80 mg) and tripelennamine HCl (50 and 100 mg) were studied in six healthy drug abusers. After intramuscular administration of 40 or 80 mg pentazocine alone, mean peak plasma concentrations at 15 minutes were 102 and 227 ng/ml, respectively, and mean plasma t1/2 values were 4.6 and 5.3 hours, respectively. After intramuscular administration of 50 or 100 mg tripelennamine, mean plasma concentrations at 30 minutes were 105 and 194 ng/ml, respectively, and mean plasma t1/2 values were 2.9 and 4.4 hours, respectively. After concurrent administration of pentazocine with tripelennamine, plasma pentazocine and tripelennamine concentrations at all time points were not significantly different from those when pentazocine or tripelennamine was administered alone. Coadministration of pentazocine and tripelennamine had no effect on the distribution, elimination, and clearance of either pentazocine or tripelennamine. In conclusion, there did not appear to be a clinically significant metabolic interaction between pentazocine and tripelennamine.

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We have developed a method for determining selected chlorinated phenols and phenoxy herbicides in urine. The process of preparing the samples includes acid hydrolysis, extraction with benzene, derivatization with diazoethane, and column chromatography cleanup. We quantify the more volatile compounds by using capillary column gas chromatography/positive chemical ionization/mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry. Less volatile compounds are quantified by using electron capture negative chemical ionization in a single stage mass spectrometry mode. Quality control samples are included in each analytical run, and the results demonstrate that the analytical system is in control. Positive values for the target analytes are determined on the basis of appropriate relative retention time, a signal-to-noise ratio greater than 3:1, and a calculated concentration greater than 1 ppb. We determine the chlorine isotope ratios for each compound to assess the presence or absence of interferences. This analytical method has been applied in a case-control study of 199 individuals to examine exposure to the 12 target analytes.

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