Volume 10, Issue 6 pp. 591-596
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Absorption kinetics of cyclosporine in healthy volunteers

Suneel K. Gupta

Suneel K. Gupta

Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0446 USA

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Leslie Z. Benet

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Leslie Z. Benet

Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0446 USA

Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0446 USASearch for more papers by this author
First published: November/December 1989
Citations: 16

Abstract

The absorption kinetics of cyclosporine were studied in eight healthy volunteers following oral and intravenous administration. Bioavailability of cyclosporine was observed to be 20±8 ± 5·5 per cent. Absorption of cyclosporine was found to be better described by first order processes rather than by a zero order process as previously reported.

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