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Pharmacokinetics of Metformin during Pregnancy

Sara Eyal, Thomas R. Easterling, Darcy Carr, Jason G. Umans, Menachem Miodovnik, Gary D. V. Hankins, Shannon M. Clark, Linda Risler, Joanne Wang, Edward J. Kelly, Danny D. Shen and Mary F. Hebert
Drug Metabolism and Disposition May 2010, 38 (5) 833-840; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/dmd.109.031245
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Our objective was to evaluate the pharmacokinetics of metformin during pregnancy. Serial blood and urine samples were collected over one steady-state dosing interval in women treated with metformin during early to late pregnancy (n = 35) and postpartum (n = 16). Maternal and umbilical cord blood samples were obtained at delivery from 12 women. Metformin concentrations were also determined in breast milk samples obtained over one dosing interval in 6 women. Metformin renal clearance increased significantly in mid (723 ± 243 ml/min, P < 0.01) and late pregnancy (625 ± 130 ml/min, P < 0.01) compared with postpartum (477 ± 132 ml/min). These changes reflected significant increases in creatinine clearance (240 ± 70 ml/min, P < 0.01 and 207 ± 56 ml/min, P < 0.05 versus 165 ± 44 ml/min) and in metformin net secretion clearance (480 ± 190 ml/min, P < 0.01 and 419 ± 78 ml/min, P < 0.01 versus 313 ± 98 ml/min) in mid and late pregnancy versus postpartum, respectively. Metformin concentrations at the time of delivery in umbilical cord plasma ranged between nondetectable (<5 ng/ml) and 1263 ng/ml. The daily infant intake of metformin through breast milk was 0.13 to 0.28 mg, and the relative infant dose was <0.5% of the mother’s weight-adjusted dose. Our results indicate that metformin pharmacokinetics are affected by pregnancy-related changes in renal filtration and net tubular transport and can be roughly estimated by the use of creatinine clearance. At the time of delivery, the fetus is exposed to metformin concentrations from negligible to as high as maternal concentrations. In contrast, infant exposure to metformin through the breast milk is low.

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  • The work was supported in part by the National Institutes of Health Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [Grants U10-HD047892, U10-HD047891, U10-HD047890]; and the National Institutes of Health National Center for Research Resources [Grants M01-RR023942, M01-RR00037, UL1-RR025014, RR023256].

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    doi:10.1124/dmd.109.031245.

  • ABBREVIATIONS:

    PCOS
    polycystic ovary syndrome
    OCT/Oct
    organic cation transporter
    PK
    pharmacokinetic(s)
    AUC
    area under the concentration-time curve
    LC
    liquid chromatography
    MS
    mass spectrometry.

    • Received November 18, 2009.
    • Accepted January 28, 2010.
  • Copyright © 2010 by The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
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Pharmacokinetics of Metformin during Pregnancy

Sara Eyal, Thomas R. Easterling, Darcy Carr, Jason G. Umans, Menachem Miodovnik, Gary D. V. Hankins, Shannon M. Clark, Linda Risler, Joanne Wang, Edward J. Kelly, Danny D. Shen and Mary F. Hebert
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Pharmacokinetics of Metformin during Pregnancy

Sara Eyal, Thomas R. Easterling, Darcy Carr, Jason G. Umans, Menachem Miodovnik, Gary D. V. Hankins, Shannon M. Clark, Linda Risler, Joanne Wang, Edward J. Kelly, Danny D. Shen and Mary F. Hebert
Drug Metabolism and Disposition May 1, 2010, 38 (5) 833-840; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/dmd.109.031245
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