Absorbed quickly; after intramuscular injection is largely absorbed from the injection site.
Connection with blood plasma proteins - 50-60%. In therapeutic doses is excreted in breast milk.
Metamizole sodium is subjected to intensive biotransformation in the liver. Only after intravenous administration, a small concentration of unchanged metamizole sodium is detected in the plasma. The main metabolites are 4-methylaminoantipyrine, 4-formylaminoantipyrine, 4-amino-antipyrine and 4-acetylaminoantipyrine. Approximately 20 additional metabolites, including glucuronic acid derivatives, have been identified.The main four metabolites are found in the cerebrospinal fluid. It is excreted mainly by the kidneys.
Pitophenone and fenpiverinia bromide are characterized by incomplete resorption, and they are completely ionized. They have poorly solubility. Do not pass through the blood-brain barrier.
Metabolised in the liver by oxidative reactions.
Pitophenone is excreted by the kidneys. The maximum concentration in the plasma is reached within 30-60 minutes. The elimination half-life is 1.8 hours.
Fenpiverinia bromide is excreted by the kidneys 32,4-40,4 % in an unchanged form, 2.5-5.3% of the substance is excreted with bile.