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The effects of pretreatment with a seven day course of ciprofloxacin on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of an intravenous (5 mg) dose of diazepam were investigated in a group of 12 healthy volunteers in a double-blind placebo-controlled crossover study.
Ciprofloxacin pretreatment significantly reduced diazepam CL (without ciprofloxacin: 19.5 ml·h−1kg−1; with ciprofloxacin: 12.3 ml·h−1kg−1). Diazepam t1/2 was also prolonged (without ciprofloxacin: 36.7 h; with ciprofloxacin: 71.1 h), but volume of distribution was unaltered (without ciprofloxacin: 1.1 l·kg−1; with ciprofloxacin: 1.1 l·kg−1).
However, no significant changes were detected in psychometric tests of digit symbol substitution, tapping rate and short memory, as well as levels of concentration, vigilance and tension measured by visual analogue scales.
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Kamali, F., Thomas, S.H.L. & Edwards, C. The influence of steady-state ciprofloxacin on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of a single dose of diazepam in healthy volunteers. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 44, 365–367 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00316474
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