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The relationship between daily dose and serum concentration of zonisamide (ZNS) and the effects of patient age on the serum level/dose (L/D) ratio for ZNS were studied in epileptic patients (mean age +/- S.D. = 10.6 +/- 6.2 years) who chronically received ZNS. The influence of phenytoin (PHT), phenobarbital (PB), carbamazepine (CBZ) and valproic acid (VPA) on the serum protein binding of ZNS in vitro and the correlation between total and unbound serum levels of ZNS in patients were also examined. Significant correlations were obtained between daily dose per body weight or per body surface area and serum level of ZNS. The correlation coefficient of the latter was higher than that of the former. There was no effect of age on the L/D ratio on the basis of body surface area, whereas that on the basis of body weight increased significantly with age. No significant increase in the free fraction of ZNS was observed in the presence of PHT, PB and CBZ except VPA in vitro. There were significant correlations between total and unbound serum levels of ZNS in the two patient groups coadministered with and without VPA. Although the free fraction of ZNS in the former was significantly higher than that of the latter, the increase was small. These results suggest that dosage regimens on the basis of body surface area would be more accurate than those on a body weight basis and that there is little effect of other antiepileptics on the serum protein binding of ZNS.
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