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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, January 2001, p. 298-300, Vol. 45, No. 1
Laboratory for Antiviral Research, Department
of Pharmacy Practice,1 and Division of
Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine,3
State University of New York at Buffalo, and Antiviral Clinical
Pharmacology Unit, Immunodeficiency Services Clinic, Erie County
Medical Center,2 Buffalo, New York
Received 7 February 2000/Returned for modification 13 June
2000/Accepted 23 September 2000
Concurrent administration of indinavir and didanosine significantly
reduces the level of exposure to indinavir, but it is unclear how soon
after didanosine administration indinavir may be given safely. We
compared indinavir pharmacokinetics and gastric pH in 12 human
immunodeficiency virus-positive patients by use of 800 mg of indinavir
alone versus 800 mg of indinavir administered 1 h after didanosine
administration. Median gastric pH was significantly higher when
indinavir was taken after didanosine administration; however, no
significant difference in the maximum concentration in plasma or the
area under the concentration-time curve from time zero to 8 h was
observed. Indinavir may be taken with a light meal 1 h following
the administration of 400 mg of didanosine.
0066-4804/01/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.45.1.298-300.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
If Taken 1 Hour before Indinavir (IDV), Didanosine
Does Not Affect IDV Exposure, despite Persistent Buffering
Effects
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