2004
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2885.2004.00600.x
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Plasma terminal half‐life

Abstract: Terminal plasma half-life is the time required to divide the plasma concentration by two after reaching pseudo-equilibrium, and not the time required to eliminate half the administered dose. When the process of absorption is not a limiting factor, half-life is a hybrid parameter controlled by plasma clearance and extent of distribution. In contrast, when the process of absorption is a limiting factor, the terminal half-life reflects rate and extent of absorption and not the elimination process (flip-flop pharm… Show more

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“…In such a situation, the terminal slope is no longer controlled by the clearance and volume of distribution but instead by the bioavailability factors (rate and also extent of absorption). Likewise, recognizing the existence of flip-flop avoids incorrect calculation of some parameters [21].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In such a situation, the terminal slope is no longer controlled by the clearance and volume of distribution but instead by the bioavailability factors (rate and also extent of absorption). Likewise, recognizing the existence of flip-flop avoids incorrect calculation of some parameters [21].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The lowered exposure by oral administration observed in humans is also achieved with little change in t 1/2 (Xiong et al, 2004;Sessa et al, 2006). A possible explanation for the unchanged t 1/2 is that the observed t 1/2 after the second dose reflects the absorption rate rather than the elimination rate (i.e., flip-flop kinetics; Toutain and Bousquet-Mélou, 2004). Such kinetics is supported by the results showing that the intravenous t 1/2 with the prior oral administration was 3ϳ4-fold shorter than the oral t 1/2 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The longer half-life observed following oral administration is consistent with the flip-flop effect [97] and has not previously been described for omeprazole in the horse. The flip-flop effect primarily occurs in drugs that have a short half-life following intravenous administration.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 68%
“…The flip-flop effect primarily occurs in drugs that have a short half-life following intravenous administration. It occurs when the rate of absorption following extra-vascular administration becomes the predominant determinant of plasma concentrations, rather than the rate of elimination, as ongoing absorption of the drug interferes with the calculation of clearance and determination of half-life [97]. As such, the reported half-life following extra-vascular, in this case oral, should not be misinterpreted as a measure of drug clearance [97].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%