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Menstrual cycle effects on caffeine elimination in the human female.

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Lane, JD; Steege, JF; Rupp, SL; Kuhn, CM
Published in: Eur J Clin Pharmacol
1992

Increases in the levels of sex steroids due to pregnancy or oral contraceptive steroid use are known to decrease significantly the rate at which caffeine is eliminated from the body. An investigation has now been made into whether the changes in sex steroid levels that occur during normal menstrual cycling also affect the rate of caffeine elimination, especially whether hormonal shifts in the luteal phase are associated with slower elimination of caffeine. Repeated 24-hour caffeine elimination studies were conducted during the follicular and luteal phases of the menstrual cycle in 10 healthy women. Comparisons of the follicular and luteal phases revealed that systemic clearance of caffeine was slower in the luteal phase, although the t1/2 did not differ. The slowing effect was related to the proximity to onset of menstruation and to levels of progesterone. The evidence suggests that caffeine elimination may be slowed in the late luteal phase, prior to the onset of menstruation. Such a reduction would lead to increased accumulation of caffeine with repeated self-administration during the day, but the effect may be too small to be of clinical significance in the majority of women.

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Eur J Clin Pharmacol

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0031-6970

Publication Date

1992

Volume

43

Issue

5

Start / End Page

543 / 546

Location

Germany

Related Subject Headings

  • Progesterone
  • Pharmacology & Pharmacy
  • Menstrual Cycle
  • Luteal Phase
  • Humans
  • Half-Life
  • Follicular Phase
  • Female
  • Estrogens
  • Caffeine
 

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Lane, J. D., Steege, J. F., Rupp, S. L., & Kuhn, C. M. (1992). Menstrual cycle effects on caffeine elimination in the human female. Eur J Clin Pharmacol, 43(5), 543–546. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02285099
Lane, J. D., J. F. Steege, S. L. Rupp, and C. M. Kuhn. “Menstrual cycle effects on caffeine elimination in the human female.Eur J Clin Pharmacol 43, no. 5 (1992): 543–46. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02285099.
Lane JD, Steege JF, Rupp SL, Kuhn CM. Menstrual cycle effects on caffeine elimination in the human female. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 1992;43(5):543–6.
Lane, J. D., et al. “Menstrual cycle effects on caffeine elimination in the human female.Eur J Clin Pharmacol, vol. 43, no. 5, 1992, pp. 543–46. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/BF02285099.
Lane JD, Steege JF, Rupp SL, Kuhn CM. Menstrual cycle effects on caffeine elimination in the human female. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 1992;43(5):543–546.
Journal cover image

Published In

Eur J Clin Pharmacol

DOI

ISSN

0031-6970

Publication Date

1992

Volume

43

Issue

5

Start / End Page

543 / 546

Location

Germany

Related Subject Headings

  • Progesterone
  • Pharmacology & Pharmacy
  • Menstrual Cycle
  • Luteal Phase
  • Humans
  • Half-Life
  • Follicular Phase
  • Female
  • Estrogens
  • Caffeine