A pharmaceutical composition is provided for administration to a subject mammal such as a human exhibiting a diurnal cycle of plasma aldosterone concentration, the composition comprising a delayed-release formulation of an aldosterone antagonist drug, e.g., eplerenone, in a therapeutically effective amount. The delayed-release formulation, when administered about 6 hours to about 12 hours prior to the acrophase, results in a profile of plasma drug concentration that corresponds substantially to the diurnal cycle of plasma aldosterone concentration.
提供了一种药物组合物,用于给受试哺乳动物(如表现出血浆
醛固酮浓度昼夜周期的人类)用药,该组合物包括治疗有效量的
醛固酮拮抗剂药物(如
依普利酮)的缓释制剂。延迟释放制剂在凋亡期前约6小时至约12小时给药时,可使血浆药物浓度曲线与血浆
醛固酮浓度的昼夜周期基本一致。