Cicletanine in Hypertension With Diabetes: Added Magnesium Preserves Potassium and Sodium

"Cicletanine is an orally-dosed furopyridine drug launched or hypertension in France in 1988 (and soon thereafter in Germany by IPSEN. While the drug's maximum tolerated dose is not known, the principal concern (and so far only material concern) at higher doses is the decrease in levels of sodium and potassium. Trials so far have take n the drug up to 400 mg QD (once daily); it was well tolerated at that dose. The drug has had an excellent safety profile in its \~1.8 million patient-years of post-launch experience,~Magnesium is being added to cicletanine in order to decrease losses of potassium and sodium, thereby enhancing cicletanine's safety at higher doses."

Cicletanine is an orally-dosed furopyridine drug launched or hypertension in France in 1988 (and soon thereafter in Germany by IPSEN. While the drug's maximum tolerated dose is not known, the principal concern (and so far only material concern) at higher doses is the decrease in levels of sodium and potassium. Trials so far have take n the drug up to 400 mg QD; it was well tolerated at that dose. The drug has had an excellent safety profile in its \~1.8 million patient-years of post-launch experience,