Plasma concentration and efficacy of tolvaptan in cirrhotic patients with refractory ascites

To investigate the relationship between the exposure and efficacy of tolvaptan, we measured pharmacokinetics of total drug at 7 days after repeated doses of 3.75 mg/day tolvaptan in 16 patients with hepatic edema. Nine patients (56.3%) were responders, which were defined as those with body weight re...

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Main Authors: Eri Sagawa, Hironao Okubo, Hitoshi Ando, Yushi Sorin, Ryo Kanazawa, Eisuke Nakadera, Hiroo Fukada, Shigehiro Kokubu, Akihisa Miyazaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-04-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1347861319300295