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Interactions between cilazapril and propranolol in man; plasma drug concentrations, hormone and enzyme responses, haemodynamics, agonist dose‐effect curves and baroreceptor reflex.
Author(s) -
Belz GG,
Essig J.,
Kleinbloesem CH,
Hoogkamer JF,
Wiegand UW,
Wellstein A.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
british journal of clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.216
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1365-2125
pISSN - 0306-5251
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1988.tb05294.x
Subject(s) - cilazapril , propranolol , blood pressure , endocrinology , plasma renin activity , medicine , baroreceptor , isoprenaline , heart rate , hemodynamics , angiotensin converting enzyme , pharmacology , chemistry , renin–angiotensin system , ace inhibitor , stimulation
1. The pharmacokinetics, hormonal and haemodynamic responses at rest and during challenges with angiotensin I (blood pressure), isoprenaline (heart rate), and noradrenaline (blood pressure) were investigated in six healthy male volunteers following a 1 week treatment with placebo, propranolol (120 mg day‐1), cilazapril (2, 5 mg day‐1), and a combination of both in a double‐blind cross‐over design. 2. Both drugs reduced systolic and diastolic blood pressure by about 7 mm Hg as compared with placebo. After coadministration, this drop in blood pressure was doubled and lasted longer than after the administration of the individual components. 3. Following cilazapril, a pronounced increase in plasma renin activity (PRA) was found (factor approximately 10 at drug peak concentrations). Coadministration of both drugs resulted only in a moderate increase in the PRA (factor approximately 3). Significant changes in plasma catecholamines were not observed. 4. Propranolol shifted the isoprenaline dose‐effect curve to the right, and cilazapril that of angiotensin I, irrespective of the presence of the other drug. Cilazapril tended to shift the noradrenaline dose‐ effect curve somewhat to the right. 5. The gain of the baroreceptor reflex (angiotensin‐stimulation) was not influenced by cilazapril but was lowered by propranolol, irrespective of the presence of the ACE inhibitor. 6. Except for a statistically not significant decrease in the peak concentrations of each drug during the combined therapy, a pharmacokinetic interaction between the two drugs was not found.