IN MAN & DOGS, BIOTRANSFORMATION RESULTS IN SUCCESSIVE HYDROLYSIS OF METHYLAMINO-SUBSTITUENT IN 2-POSITION & HYDROLYTIC FISSION OF RESULTANT LACTAM; 7-CHLORO-1,3-DIHYDRO-5-PHENYL-2H-1,4-BENZODIAZEPINE-2-ONE-4-OXIDE & N-(2-AMINO-5-CHLORO-ALPHA-PHENYL-BENZYLIDENE) GLYCINE-N-OXIDE ARE EXCRETED IN URINE.
IN DOGS, 1% OF A DOSE OF LIBRIUM FOUND IN URINE AS OXAZEPAM GLUCURONIDE AND A FURTHER 1% IN FECES AS FREE OXAZEPAM GLUCURONIDE. THESE MINOR METABOLITES PRESUMABLY ARISE VIA LACTAM BY STEPS INVOLVING REDUCTION OF N-OXIDE FUNCTION.
Chlordiazepoxide binds to stereospecific benzodiazepine (BZD) binding sites on GABA (A) receptor complexes at several sites within the central nervous system, including the limbic system and reticular formation. This results in an increased binding of the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA to the GABA(A) receptor.BZDs, therefore, enhance GABA-mediated chloride influx through GABA receptor channels, causing membrane hyperpolarization. The net neuro-inhibitory effects result in the observed sedative, hypnotic, anxiolytic, and muscle relaxant properties.
Chlordiazepoxide, as with other benzodiazepines, is rarely associated with serum ALT elevations, and clinically apparent liver injury from its use is rare. There have been at least ten case reports of acute liver injury from chlordiazepoxide, published largely before 1980. The latency to onset of acute liver injury was 1 to 4 months, and the pattern of liver enzyme elevations varied from hepatocellular to cholestatic and mixed. The injury was usually mild-to-moderate in severity and self-limited. Fever and rash were uncommon, as was autoantibody formation.
Chlordiazepoxide is excreted in the urine, with 1% to 2% unchanged and 3% to 6% as conjugate.
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INCR DISAPPEARANCE RATES OF CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE & ITS METABOLITES WERE OBSERVED AFTER SINGLE PRETREATMENT DOSE TO MICE. INCR CLEARANCE WAS INSUFFICIENT TO EXPLAIN TOLERANCE OBSERVED AND THE POSSIBILITY OF ALTERED DRUG DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN BLOOD & BRAIN TISSUE CANNOT BE EXCLUDED.
氯氮卓及其代谢物在小鼠单次预处理剂量后的消失速率增加。增加的清除率不足以解释观察到的耐受性,不能排除药物在血液和脑组织之间分布改变的可能性。
INCR DISAPPEARANCE RATES OF CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE & ITS METABOLITES WERE OBSERVED AFTER SINGLE PRETREATMENT DOSE TO MICE. INCR CLEARANCE WAS INSUFFICIENT TO EXPLAIN TOLERANCE OBSERVED AND THE POSSIBILITY OF ALTERED DRUG DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN BLOOD & BRAIN TISSUE CANNOT BE EXCLUDED.
LEVELS OF (14)C WERE MAX IN TISSUES OF CYNOMOLGUS MONKEYS 2-6 HR AFTER ORAL DOSE OF CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE. BRAIN TO BLOOD CONCN RATIOS OF (14)C WERE GREATER THAN 1. CONCN OF (14)C WERE HIGHEST IN LIVER & KIDNEYS & LOWER IN HEART, LUNGS, SPLEEN, BRAIN, ADRENALS, PANCREAS & FAT. AFTER 24 HR, GI TRACT CONTAINED 15%, TISSUES 33%, URINE 34%, & FECES 1%.
Chlordiazepoxide is absorbed more rapidly and predictably after oral than after intramuscular administration, but blood levels vary widely among individuals.
PLASMA CONCENTRATION-TIME CURVES OF CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE WERE SATISFACTORILY DESCRIBED BY A BI-EXPONENTIAL EXPRESSION CONSISTENT WITH A TWO-COMPARTMENT MODEL SYSTEM AFTER INTRAVENOUS DOSES TO HEALTHY MALE VOLUNTEERS. MEAN HALF-LIFE VALUES OF THE DISTRIBUTION AND ELIMINATION PHASE WERE 0.25 AND 9.4 HOURS, RESPECTIVELY, WHILE MEAN VALUES FOR VOLUMES OF THE CENTRAL COMPARTMENT (V1) AND THE OVERALL DISTRIBUTION (VDBETA) WERE 18 AND 31% OF BODY WEIGHT. DRUG ABSORPTION FROM IM DOSES WAS COMPARATIVELY SLOW AND ADEQUATE DESCRIPTION OF RESULTING PLASMA LEVELS OF CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE REQUIRED THE INCORPORATION OF A TWO-COMPARTMENT "MUSCLE MODEL" WHICH INCLUDED PRECIPITATED AND SOLUBILIZED DRUG IN MUSCLE TISSUE. DISTRIBUTION VOLUMES OF CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE WERE SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER IN FEMALE SUBJECTS THAN IN THE MALES, SUGGESTING MORE EXTENSIVE DRUG DISTRIBUTION AMONG FEMALES. CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE IS TAKEN UP BY THE RED CELLS TO ONLY A LIMITED EXTENT.