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Disappearance kinetics of solutes from synovial fluid after intra-articular injection.

British journal of clinical pharmacology (1994-10-01)
S G Owen, H W Francis, M S Roberts
ABSTRACT

1. Five rheumatoid patients with a knee joint effusion participated in the study. An aqueous solution (0.1 to 0.2 ml) containing paracetamol, salicylate, diclofenac and [125I]-albumin was injected into a given joint to yield target concentrations of approximately 20 micrograms ml-1 for diclofenac, salicylate and paracetamol and 10(8) counts ml-1 for [125I]-albumin. 2. Paracetamol, salicylate and diclofenac were analysed in synovial fluid by h.p.l.c. [125I]-albumin was analysed using gamma counting. 3. The clearances (+/- s.d.) obtained for the solutes were [125I]-albumin (0.0053 +/- 0.0019 l h-1), diclofenac (0.0096 +/- 0.0061 l h-1), salicylate (0.024 +/- 0.022 l h-1) and paracetamol (0.055 +/- 0.041 l h-1). The corresponding fractions unbound of these solutes in synovial fluid were 0.0, < or = 0.01, 0.34 +/- 0.09 and 0.85 +/- 0.10, respectively. 4. Diffusion of unbound solute through the synovium is estimated to account for (+/- s.d.) 0.52 +/- 0.08, 0.87 +/- 0.06 and 0.99 +/- 0.01 of the total clearance of diclofenac, salicylate and paracetamol from the joint space, respectively. The remaining proportion of clearance is accounted for by efflux of solute bound to albumin. 5. An expression for the ratio of synovial fluid to total plasma concentrations after systemic administration was developed to include both diffusion of unbound solute and albumin flux. Most solutes appear to satisfy the conditions in which this expression reduces to the limiting case where the unbound concentration of the solute is identical in the synovial fluid and plasma under steady state conditions.

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