[Pharmacokinetics of sulfaclomide in man under therapeutically relevant conditions].

Pharmacokinetic parameters of the long-term sulfanilamide Sulfaclomid (4-[4-aminobenzensulphonamido]2,6-dimethyl-5-chlorpyrimidine) were determined in 25 female subjects. Both the elimination half-life of Sulfaclomid in the serum and the maximum acetylation rate in the urine are genetically determined. They show a polymodal behavior. The half-life is unrelated to the protein binding, which shows considerable individual differences in the therapeutic relevant range of about 200 microgram/ml serum. This confirms the human pharmacological postulate according to pharmacokinetical dosage schedules including genetic factors. An individual therapy service is necessary in certain drugs and in highly endangered groups of patients.