Dược Động Học :
▧ Absorption :
Rapid via the digestive tract.
▧ Protein binding :
Not significant
▧ Metabolism :
Primarily hepatic (mainly via cytochrome P450 isozyme 2C9), paramethadione is completely demethylated to 5-ethyl-5-methyl-2,4-oxazolidinedione, the active metabolite.
▧ Half Life :
12 to 24 hours (however the half-life for the active metabolite is not known)