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Pharmacokinetic and Safety Assessments of Concurrent Administration of Risperidone and Donepezil
Author(s) -
Zhao Qinying,
Xie Charles,
PescoKoplowitz Luana,
Jia Xinwei,
Parier JeanLoup
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
the journal of clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.92
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1552-4604
pISSN - 0091-2700
DOI - 10.1177/0091270002239827
Subject(s) - donepezil , risperidone , bioequivalence , pharmacokinetics , pharmacology , cmax , medicine , crossover study , concomitant , cyp2d6 , adverse effect , dementia , placebo , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychiatry , alternative medicine , disease , pathology , cytochrome p450 , metabolism
Treatment of Alzheimer's disease sometimes uses combinations of drugs because dementia is frequently associated with behavioral symptoms. Risperidone and donepezil are both metabolized through cytochrome P450 2D6 and 3A4, raising the possibility of drug interactions with combination therapy. The objective of this study was to determine whether significant drug interactions occur with concomitant administration of donepezil and risperidone. In an open‐label, three‐way crossover study, 24 healthy men were randomly assigned to receive 0.5 mg of risperidone twice daily, 5 mg of donepezil once daily, or both drugs for 14 consecutive days, followed by a 21‐day washout period. The treatment ratios of AUC and associated 90% confidence intervals (CIs) for risperidone active moiety, defined as risperidone plus 9‐hydroxyrisperidone (ratio = 110.2%; 90% CI = 103.7–117.2), and for donepezil (ratio = 97.1%; 90% CI = 90.0–103.6) were within the 80% to 125% of bioequivalence range. The treatment ratios of C max and associated 90% CIs for risperidone active moiety (ratio = 114.6%; 90% CI = 107.0–122.8) and for donepezil (ratio = 96.1%; 90% CI = 90.0–102.6) were also within the bioequivalence range. Therefore, no significant pharmacokinetic differences occurred in either risperidone active moiety or donepezil when given alone or in combination. Adverse events (predominantly headache, nervousness, and somnolence) were minor and comparable for all treatment groups. The results indicate that no clinically meaningful drug interactions occurred between risperidone 1 mg daily and donepezil 5 mg daily at steady state, and therefore no dosage adjustment is required when both drugs are combined with the dosage regimen studied. Additional investigations are warranted to determine the potential for interactions in elderly patients with dementia who may eliminate risperidone and donepezil more slowly and thus be more vulnerable to clinical drug interactions than the young healthy subjects examined in this study.