For drugs obeying parallel first-order and Michaelis-Menten elimination kinetics,mathematical analysis concerning the optimum dosage regimen of intravenous infusion is conducted and following equations are derived:whe...For drugs obeying parallel first-order and Michaelis-Menten elimination kinetics,mathematical analysis concerning the optimum dosage regimen of intravenous infusion is conducted and following equations are derived:where Xo is the intravenous loading dose,Cb the plasma concentration level desired in clinical therapy,V the apparent distribution volume,k0 the rate constant of intravenouns infusion,K the first－order elimination rate constant,Vm the theoretical maximum rate of the Michaelis－Menten elimination process,Km the Michaelis constant.From this dosage regimen,plasma level maintains a constant Cb during the administration period.When K=0 the dosage regimen above is also suitable for drugs obeying Michaelis-Menten elimination kinetics.展开更多
文摘For drugs obeying parallel first-order and Michaelis-Menten elimination kinetics,mathematical analysis concerning the optimum dosage regimen of intravenous infusion is conducted and following equations are derived:where Xo is the intravenous loading dose,Cb the plasma concentration level desired in clinical therapy,V the apparent distribution volume,k0 the rate constant of intravenouns infusion,K the first－order elimination rate constant,Vm the theoretical maximum rate of the Michaelis－Menten elimination process,Km the Michaelis constant.From this dosage regimen,plasma level maintains a constant Cb during the administration period.When K=0 the dosage regimen above is also suitable for drugs obeying Michaelis-Menten elimination kinetics.
