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Induction of apoptosis by remoxipride metabolites in HL60 and CD34+/CD19- human bone marrow progenitor cells: potential relevance to remoxipride-induced aplastic anemia.

The antipsychotic agent, remoxipride [(S)-(-)-3-bromo-N-[(1-ethyl-2-pyrrolidinyl)methyl]-2,6-dimethoxybenz amide] has been associated with acquired aplastic anemia. We have examined the ability of remoxipride, three pyrrolidine ring metabolites and five aromatic ring metabolites of the parent compound to induce apoptosis in HL60 cells and human bone marrow progenitor (HBMP) cells. Cells were treated for 0-24 h with each compound (0-200 microM). Apoptosis was assessed by fluorescence microscopy in Hoechst 33342- and propidium iodide stained cell samples. Results were confirmed by determination of internucleosomal DNA fragmentation using gel electrophoresis for HL60 cell samples and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase assay in HBMP cells. The catechol and hydroquinone metabolites, NCQ436 and NCQ344, induced apoptosis in HL60 and HBMP cells in a time- and concentration dependent manner, while the phenols, NCR181, FLA873, and FLA797, and the derivatives formed by oxidation of the pyrrolidine ring, FLA838, NCM001, and NCL118, had no effect. No necrosis was observed in cells treated with NCQ436 but NCQ344 had a biphasic effect in both cell types, inducing apoptosis at lower concentrations and necrosis at higher concentrations. These data show that the catechol and hydroquinone metabolites of remoxipride have direct toxic effects in HL60 and HBMP cells, leading to apoptosis, while the phenol metabolites were inactive. Similarly, benzene-derived catechol and hydroquinone, but not phenol, induce apoptosis in HBMP cells [Moran et al., Mol. Pharmacol., 50 (1996) 610-615]. We propose that remoxipride and benzene may induce aplastic anemia via production of similar reactive metabolites and that the ability of NCQ436 and NCQ344 to induce apoptosis in HBMP cells may contribute to the mechanism underlying acquired aplastic anemia that has been associated with remoxipride.

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Plasma concentration of remoxipride in relation to antipsychotic effect and adverse symptoms. The Canadian Remoxipride Study Group.

The possible relationship between plasma concentration of remoxipride and antipsychotic effect/adverse symptoms has been evaluated in a 6-week double-blind dose-finding study in schizophrenic patients. The study comprised 3 parallel groups with fixed daily doses of 30-90 mg, 120-240 mg or 300-600 mg, divided in order to be given three times a day. A total of 79 patients from the three groups, who were treated with the maximum dose for 4 weeks or more, were included in the analysis. All patients had reached steady-state at week 2 and the intra-individual trough remoxipride plasma levels remained stable over the study period. The mean steady-state trough concentrations were found to be linearly related to the dose. Responders to remoxipride treatment were observed over the total concentration range of 0.24-13.50 mumols/l. Reductions of dose or discontinuations of treatment due to adverse symptoms were not associated with elevated remoxipride concentrations. In conclusion, no obvious relationship between plasma concentration of remoxipride and its antipsychotic effect or adverse symptoms was established.

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Selective dopamine D2 antagonist and prolactin response in acute schizophrenia--results from remoxipride studies. The Canadian Remoxipride Study Group.

1. In a double-blind dose finding study prolactin was assessed at baseline and end of treatment in three groups of acute schizophrenics receiving low, intermediate and high doses of remoxipride as compared to a controlled group that received haloperidol. 2. Remoxipride only in high doses (300-600 mg daily) has produced a modest increase in prolactin levels at endpoint as compared to the much higher increase in prolactin secretion that accompanied haloperidol treatment. 3. The weak effects on prolactin as well as the previously reported low incidence of extrapyramidal side effects confirm the profile of remoxipride as a selective dopamine D2 antagonist with preferential effects on the mesolimbic and mesocortical tracts. 4. Male responders to either remoxipride or haloperidol treatment had significantly higher baseline prolactin levels regardless of dose and drug used. In females, there was no difference in baseline prolactin between responders and nonresponders.

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A double-blind comparative multicentre study of controlled-release remoxipride, immediate-release remoxipride and haloperidol in schizophrenia.

A double-blind multicentre study comparing the efficacy and safety of remoxipride in controlled-release formulation (REM-CR), given once a day, and immediate-release formulation (REM-IR) and haloperidol, given twice daily, was conducted in patients with schizophrenic illness. In total, 150 inpatients were randomized: 49, 51 and 50 in the REM-CR, REM-IR, and haloperidol groups, respectively. The mean daily dose of REM-CR during the last week of treatment was 361 mg, that of REM-IR 332 mg. In the haloperidol group the corresponding dose was 12.5mg per day. The study treatment period was four weeks. The median BPRS total score was 37.5 in the REM-CR group at start of treatment, and 14.5 at last rating (n = 38). For the REM-IR group and the haloperidol group the corresponding figures were 36.0 and 38.0 at start of treatment and 18.0 (n = 43) and 16.5 (n = 40) at last rating. No statistically significant differences were found between the treatments. Therapy-emergent extrapyramidal symptoms (Simpson & Angus rating scale) were significantly (p less than 0.05) more frequent and more severe during haloperidol than during REM-CR and REM-IR treatment, despite significantly higher concurrent use of anticholinergic drugs in the haloperidol group.--REM-CR was comparable in efficacy and tolerability to REM-IR. The tolerability profile favoured both remoxipride formulations over haloperidol. Evaluation of the clinical chemistry, haematology, and cardiovascular data showed no clinically significant deleterious effects on any organ system for either drug.

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Quality of life and response of negative symptoms in schizophrenia to haloperidol and the atypical antipsychotic remoxipride. The Canadian Remoxipride Group.

In a large, multicenter, double-blind study of the effect of haloperidol and the atypical antipsychotic remoxipride on improvement of negative symptoms in schizophrenia, quality of life was also assessed using a modified version of the Sickness Impact Profile (SIP). Compared with previous studies, this study had a longer duration (28 weeks), and the dose of the comparator, haloperidol, was much lower. At the end of the study, compared with the baseline, both treatment groups reported comparable improvement in negative symptoms as defined by the protocol (at least 20% improvement). Similarly, both groups showed comparable changes on global and multidimensional self-assessments of quality of life. All the subfactors of the modified version of the SIP were similar in both groups, except for the subfactor that relates to alertness behavior, which possibly reflects remoxipride's lack of any sedating properties compared with haloperidol. This study presents an approach for inclusion of quality of life as an outcome measure in the design of clinical trials of new antipsychotic medications.

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Concentrations of remoxipride and its phenolic metabolites in rat brain and plasma. Relationship to extrapyramidal side effects and atypical antipsychotic profile.

The cataleptic effect of remoxipride was examined in the horizontal bar test after i.v.,i.p. and s.c. administration to male rats. Remoxipride induced immediate catalepsy after high i.v. doses (ED50 = 49 mumol/kg) while peak effects were seen 60-90 min after i.p. administration (ED50 = 38 mumol/kg). Following s.c. administration remoxipride failed to produce a statistically significant catalepsy in the 20-100 mumol/kg dose range (ED50 > 100 mumol/kg). In contrast, haloperidol was found to be more effective in inducing catalepsy after i.v. (ED50 = 0.4 mumol/kg) than after i.p. or s.c. administration (ED50 = 0.9 mumol/kg). The atypical antipsychotic profile of remoxipride was more pronounced when the compound was given i.v. or s.c. as compared with the i.p. route. Plasma and brain (striatum and nucleus accumbens) concentrations of remoxipride and its active phenolic metabolites FLA 797(-) and FLA 908(-) were measured by high performance liquid chromatography. The 40 mumol/kg dose of remoxipride resulted in plasma and brain concentrations of remoxipride which were 300-1000-fold higher (depending on the route of administration) than the most potent of the phenolic metabolites, e.g., FLA 797(-). The plasma and brain concentrations of remoxipride and its phenolic metabolites were related to DA D2 receptor blocking potency and to the temporal course and effectiveness to induce catalepsy. This analysis suggested that the unbound concentrations of the phenolic metabolites were too low to play a major role in the DA blocking action of remoxipride. However, FLA 797(-) may contribute marginally to the cataleptic effects following high (i.p.) doses of remoxipride.

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Double blind comparative study of remoxipride and haloperidol in acute schizophrenic patients.

In the present 6-week double-blind, randomised, multicentre study, the atypical neuroleptic remoxipride was compared to haloperidol in acute schizophrenic patients (DSM-III). Seventy-one patients entered the study, 36 in the remoxipride group and 35 in the haloperidol group. There were ten early withdrawals, four in the remoxipride group and six patients in the haloperidol group. The Present State Examination (PSE) profile revealed a similar reduction in the symptom clusters of psychosis in both treatment groups. Forty-seven per cent of the patients in the remoxipride group and 34% of the patients in the haloperidol group showed clinically relevant improvement (reduction of BPRS total score greater than or equal to 50%). All extrapyramidal symptoms except "glabella tap" occurred significantly less frequently in the remoxipride group as compared to the haloperidol group. Substantially lower incidences of EPS were found by active questioning in the remoxipride group compared to the haloperidol group. In addition, considerably lower incidences were observed in the remoxipride group with respect to drowsiness/somnolence, tiredness/fatigue and concentrating difficulty. At the end of treatment 66% of the patients in the haloperidol group and 22% in the remoxipride group were using anticholinergics. No consistent changes were found in the mean plasma HVA level in either treatment group. In responders (reduction of BPRS total score greater than or equal to 50%) lower baseline HVA levels were observed in both treatment groups. This study indicates that the newly developed neuroleptic remoxipride is an effective antipsychotic compound, which is clinically safe and well tolerated. In particular, few EPS were induced by remoxipride, as compared to haloperidol.

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Biochemical pharmacology of the atypical neuroleptic remoxipride.

In vitro receptor ligand binding studies in the rat showed that remoxipride displaced different radioligands at the dopamine D2, but not the D1 receptor. Remoxipride did not block dopamine-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity in vitro suggesting that it did not directly interact with the dopamine D1 receptor. Like other antipsychotic compounds, it increased dopamine turnover in the dopamine-rich areas of the brain. It showed no affinity for a wide range of neurotransmitter receptors, with the exception of the opiate sigma receptor. The affinity of remoxipride for the D2 receptor was low in vitro, while in vivo, the affinity was relatively high. Remoxipride was far more potent in preventing [3H]raclopride-binding than [3H]spiperone-binding to the D2 receptor in vivo. When the D2 receptor was labelled with [3H]spiperone, remoxipride was shown to exert a preferential blockade of this binding in extrastriatal areas of the brain (for example, olfactory tubercle, septum, substantia nigra) in vivo. After the injection of high doses of remoxipride most if not all drug in the brain was identified as authentic remoxipride. After injection of [3H]remoxipride in smaller and larger doses, radioactivity was detected in all areas of brain examined, including cerebellum and neocortex. Most of the remoxipride-derived radioactivity was found in the choroid plexus and circumventricular organs, while smaller amounts were recovered in the striatum, olfactory tubercle, and substantia nigra. Taken together, these findings suggest that remoxipride acts at both the central D2 and sigma receptors and that its affinity for the D2 receptor is relatively low in vitro. A regional preference for D2 receptors can be observed in vivo depending upon the radioligand used.

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Drug interaction studies with remoxipride.

The interaction potential of remoxipride was investigated with biperiden, warfarin, diazepam, and ethanol. The studies were conducted in 12 healthy volunteers each of whom received single doses of remoxipride, the interacting drug, and the combination in a randomized crossover design. Remoxipride and biperidene had no influence on each other's pharmacokinetics. The pharmacokinetics of warfarin enantiomers were uninfluenced by remoxipride. Ethanol and diazepam had no effect on the pharmacokinetics of remoxipride. The effect of remoxipride on the elevation of plasma prolactin levels was not modified by biperiden and the effect of warfarin on the prolongation of prothrombin time was uninfluened by remoxipride. Remoxipride showed no pharmacokinetic interaction with any of the drugs studied, nor was any pharmacodynamic interaction observed in the remoxipride versus biperiden and remoxipride versus warfarin studies.

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Interaction study between remoxipride and biperiden.

Twelve healthy male volunteers took part in a double-blind randomised cross-over study composed of three treatment sessions: remoxipride 100 mg; remoxipride 100 mg plus biperiden 4 mg; and biperiden 4 mg. Plasma and urine concentrations of remoxipride and biperiden, plasma prolactin levels, salivary flow and adverse events were recorded to assess pharmacodynamic interactions. Remoxipride and biperiden had no effect on each other's plasma concentrations. Biperiden did not affect the urinary recovery or renal clearance of remoxipride. Prolactin levels were unaffected by biperiden but increased following remoxipride administration. Differences in prolactin Cmax and tmax following remoxipride versus concomitant (remoxipride + biperiden) treatment were not statistically significant. However, a slight but statistically significant (P = 0.04) increase in prolactin AUC was observed after concomitant treatment. No significant differences could be observed between the recorded salivary flow in all the treatment sessions. Single doses of remoxipride and biperiden showed no pharmacokinetic or pharmacodynamic interaction.

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Influence of the dosing interval on prolactin release after remoxipride.

1. The prolactin response following administration of the D2-dopamine receptor antagonist remoxipride was studied in eight healthy male volunteers. The purpose of the study was to investigate the duration of a refractory period of prolactin release following two doses of remoxipride. A further aim was to compare the prolactin response following remoxipride and thyrotropin release hormone (TRH) during the refractory period. The subjects received two 30 min intravenous (i.v.) infusions of remoxipride 50 mg with different time intervals between the two doses, in a randomized six period crossover design. The time intervals between the two remoxipride doses were 2, 8, 12, 24 and 48 h. On one occasion the remoxipride dose was followed by an i.v. injection of TRH after 2 h. 2. The plasma peak prolactin concentrations obtained after the first remoxipride dose correspond to a maximal release of prolactin according to earlier studies. A small second peak of prolactin was observed after 2 h. The release was gradually increased with longer time intervals between the consecutive doses. The refractory period for a second prolactin release similar to the first one after remoxipride was found to be 24 h for most of the subjects. 3. TRH resulted in a faster and higher increase in prolactin response of a shorter duration than after remoxipride administered 2 h after the first dose.

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Experiences of long-term treatment with remoxipride: efficacy and tolerability.

An international clinical trial programme was undertaken to evaluate the clinical safety and tolerability of remoxipride during a 12 month long-term study and to evaluate safety, tolerability and efficacy of remoxipride for up to 6 months in a double-blind comparison with haloperidol. A total of 145 patients were treated with remoxipride for at least 12 months. In the double-blind evaluation 106 patients on remoxipride and 50 on haloperidol were included. The doses of remoxipride ranged between 90-600 mg daily and of haloperidol between 5-45 mg daily. The therapeutic efficacy of remoxipride obtained in short-term studies was maintained during long-term treatment in most patients and was similar to that of haloperidol. Remoxipride had a clear cut advantage concerning extrapyramidal symptoms and anticholinergic drugs were needed less frequently with remoxipride than with haloperidol. The tolerability and safety showed no clinically significant differences compared to the data from short-term studies. This indicates that remoxipride can be used safely and with maintained efficacy for long-term treatment.

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The Australian multicentre double-blind comparative study of remoxipride and thioridazine in schizophrenia.

A double-blind, randomized study of parallel group design comparing remoxipride and thioridazine (dose range 150-600 mg/day of either drug) was undertaken at 11 Australian centres. A total of 144 patients (remoxipride = 73, thioridazine = 71) with DSM-III-R schizophrenia or schizophreniform disorder commenced the study, and 89 patients (remoxipride = 45, thioridazine = 44) completed the 6 weeks of the trial. The mean daily doses at last rating were 404 mg (remoxipride) and 378 mg (thioridazine). Initial Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale scores decreased by a mean 8.7 points in both remoxipride and thioridazine groups. Equivalent treatment responses were also confirmed by Clinical Global Impression. During the study, sedatives or hypnotics were needed by 68% of the remoxipride patients and 51% of the thioridazine patients. Thioridazine was associated with more postural hypotension, drowsiness, increased sleep, headache, dizziness on rising, dry mouth, sexual dysfunction and weight gain, while remoxipride patients reported more insomnia. There were no differences between remoxipride and thioridazine on dystonia, hypokinesia, dyskinesia, rigidity and akathisia. The results indicate that remoxipride has similar antipsychotic efficacy to thioridazine but causes fewer side effects.

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Atypical neuroleptics in acute schizophrenia: a double-blind comparative study of remoxipride and haloperidol.

In the present double-blind study comprising 6 weeks, remoxipride was compared with haloperidol in acute schizophrenic patients (DSM-III). Symptoms assessment was performed using the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), the Clinical Global Impressions (CGI) and the Present State Examination (PSE). Extrapyramidal Symptoms (EPS) were assessed using the Simpson and Angus scale. Side effects were also recorded both by spontaneous reports and by active questioning. Seventy-one patients entered the study, 36 in the remoxipride group and 35 in the haloperidol group. There were 10 dropouts, 4 in the remoxipride group and 6 patients in the haloperidol group. The PSE profile revealed a similar reduction in the symptom clusters of psychosis in both treatment groups. Forty-seven percent of the patients in the remoxipride group and 34 percent of the patients in the haloperidol group showed clinically relevant improvement (reduction of total BPRS score by 50% or more). Similar results were obtained with the CGI. All EPS except "glabella tap" occurred significantly less frequently in the remoxipride group compared to the haloperidol group. Substantially lower incidence of EPS was found by active questioning in the remoxipride group compared to the haloperidol group. Also, considerably lower incidences of drowsiness/somnolence, tiredness/fatigue, and concentrating difficulty were observed in the remoxipride group. At the end of treatment, 66 percent of the patients in the haloperidol group and 22 percent in the remoxipride group were using anticholinergics. This study indicates that the newly developed neuroleptic remoxlpride is an effective, clinically safe, and well tolerated antipsychotic compound. In particular, few EPS were induced by remoxipride, as compared to haloperidol.

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Effect of urinary pH on the plasma and urinary kinetics of remoxipride in man.

The influence of urinary pH on the plasma and urinary kinetics of remoxipride in man has been studied in an open crossover trial in ten healthy male volunteers. Ammonium chloride (urinary pH 5.2) and sodium hydrogen carbonate (urinary pH 7.8) were used as pretreatments on two occasions in randomized order. On each occasion remoxipride 50 mg solution was administered orally and plasma and urinary concentrations of the drug were determined by HPLC and plasma prolactin concentrations by RIA. Remoxipride was rapidly distributed in the body according to a one-compartment model. The mean plasma elimination half-life (t1/2) was 3.6 h in the ammonium chloride experiment and 6.2 h in the sodium hydrogen carbonate experiment. The mean plasma clearance of remoxipride was 141 and 89.9 ml.min-1 in the acidic and alkaline conditions, respectively, and the corresponding mean renal clearances were 58.5 ml.min-1 and 11.7 ml.min-1. The urinary excretion of remoxipride up to 72 h after drug administration was 43.1% and 12.3% following acidification and alkalinization, respectively. Remoxipride induced a similar rapid, transient elevation of plasma prolactin under both conditions. Thus, the urinary pH has a marked effect on the elimination kinetics of remoxipride. After an overdose, treatment with ammonium chloride might be valuable in hastening elimination of remoxipride from the body.

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Dopamine D2 blocking activity and plasma concentrations of remoxipride and its main metabolites in the rat.

Remoxipride and its active metabolites, the phenolic compounds FLA797(-) and FLA908(-) and the catecholic NCQ436(-) and haloperidol, were examined for their ability to block hypothermia in the rat induced by dopamine (DA) D2 receptor stimulation. In addition, plasma levels of remoxipride and its active metabolites were measured using HPLC methods. Remoxipride (1 mumol/kg), given 30 or 15 min prior to, or 5 and 15 min after, the DA agonists, blocked the hypothermia induced by the DA D2 receptor agonists quinpirole (0.25 mg/kg s.c.) and pergolide (0.1 mg/kg s.c.). Administration of remoxipride by the i.v. or s.c. routes was more effective than by the i.p. route. FLA797(-), FLA908(-), and haloperidol were more effective than remoxipride in preventing the hypothermia caused by quinpirole, while NCQ436(-) was less effective than remoxipride. The variation in time of remoxipride's action and effectiveness in blocking the induced hypothermia followed the variations in plasma concentrations. The plasma concentrations of the active metabolites were below the limit of determination (< 2 nmol/l). Based on estimation of free brain concentrations at effective dose levels together with in vitro affinities for the DA D2 receptor it was concluded that the metabolites FLA797(-), FLA908(-), and NCQ436(-) do not appear to contribute to the antagonism of DA D2 mediated neurotransmission following a low remoxipride dose (1 mumol/kg).

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Regional distribution and in vivo binding of the atypical antipsychotic drug remoxipride. A biochemical and autoradiographic analysis in the rat brain.

The regional brain distribution and binding of the antipsychotic benzamide drug remoxipride was studied in the male rat. After i.v. injections of 3H-remoxipride (1 mumol.kg-1) more than 85% of the radioactivity was identified as authentic remoxipride in brain by using reversed-phase liquid chromatography. Autoradiographic and spectroscopic analysis showed that 3H-remoxipride was distributed relatively even in different brain areas, with exception of the following structures, which showed highest drug concentrations: the choroid plexus, septum, medial part of the caudate nucleus, different areas of the thalamus and hypothalamus situated close to the cerebral ventricles. A closer analysis of the autoradiograms showed a gradient of radioactivity extending from the cerebral ventricles to the deeper parts of the brain at 30 minutes after injections. After 60 minutes radioactivity was detected throughout all forebrain dopamine receptive areas. These findings suggest that remoxipride enters the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) via the vascular bed of the choroid plexus and that it enters the brain interstitial fluid from the CSF. In the caudate nucleus, nucleus accumbens, olfactory tubercle and olfactory bulb 30-40% of the radioactivity was reduced by pretreatment with the dopamine D-2 selective drug raclopride. In addition, small, but significant, reductions (10-15%) of 3H-remoxipride derived radioactivity was found in the neocortex, hippocampus and the cerebellum, suggesting that remoxipride interacts with a D-2 receptor also in these cortical structures. Taken together, these studies show that after i.v. injections, 3H-remoxipride enters the brain primarily in unmetabolized form when given in doses that affect DA receptor mediated behaviours, that it distributes to most areas throughout the neuraxis and that it binds to D-2 receptors in different parts of the basal ganglia, neocortex, hippocampus and cerebellum.

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Pharmacokinetics and effects on prolactin of remoxipride in patients with tardive dyskinesia.

The pharmacokinetics of remoxipride, a new selective dopamine-D2 receptor antagonist with antipsychotic action, was evaluated in eight elderly psychiatric patients with tardive dyskinesia (TD). The daily oral doses of remoxipride were gradually increased from 50 mg per day to 200 mg t.i.d. over 2 weeks. The pharmacokinetics following the initial 50 mg dose (day 1) and the last 200 mg dose (day 15) of the drug were compared in serial samples. Plasma prolactin concentrations were assessed at the same time points. The area under the total plasma concentration versus time curves (AUC) of remoxipride increased proportionally with dose from day 1 to 15. The mean "dose corrected" AUC values for the total concentrations were 96.8 at day 1 (4 X 24.2, 50 mg single oral dose) and 92.2 mumol.h/l at day 15 (200 mg). The unbound fraction of remoxipride calculated on AUC was slightly higher on day 15 (20%) than on day 1 (15%) (P less than 0.05), indicating slightly concentration-dependent protein binding of the drug. The mean elimination half-life of total remoxipride was slightly longer on day 15 than day 1 (7.5 versus 5.3 h, P less than 0.01) The corresponding half-lives for the unbound concentrations were 6.4 and 3.9 h, respectively (P less than 0.01). The pharmacokinetics of remoxipride is similar in these TD patients and in non-TD patients in previous studies. Following repeated administration of remoxipride, tolerance to the prolactin-releasing action of remoxipride is observed.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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