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Prevention of Chloroquine Absorption by Activated Charcoal

Department of Pharmacology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

K.T. Kivistö

Department of Pharmacology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

K. Laine

Department of Pharmacology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

K. Pyykkö

Department of Pharmacology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

1 The ability of activated charcoal to prevent the absorption of chloroquine was investigated in healthy volunteers, and the effect of the charcoal-chloroquine ratio on the completeness of binding was studied in vitro.

2 After an overnight fast, six subjects ingested 500 mg of chloroquine phosphate with water, and another group of six subjects ingested 25 g of charcoal suspension within 5 min of chloroquine intake. The concentrations of chloroquine in plasma and whole blood were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography for 192 h.

3 Activated charcoal reduced the areas under the plasma and whole blood chloroquine concentration-time curves (AUC) from 0 to 192 h, the total AUCs, and the peak concentrations by 99% (P < 0.001).

4 Chloroquine was very effectively bound by activated charcoal in vitro, even at low charcoal-chloroquine ratios. For example, at a ratio of 5:1, about 98% of chloroquine was bound.

5 Activated charcoal should be very effective in reducing the absorption of that fraction of chloroquine dose which is in the stomach at the time of charcoal administration. Because the acute toxicity of chloroquine is extremely high and death usually occurs within 1-3 h of overdosage, charcoal should be given as early as possible in suspected chloroquine intoxication.

Human & Experimental Toxicology, Vol. 11, No. 2, 117-120 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/096032719201100210


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