Hydrolytic biotransformation of the bumetanide ester prodrug DIMAEB to bumetanide by esterases in neonatal human and rat serum and neonatal rat brain-A new treatment strategy for neonatal seizures?
Wiebke TheilmannClaudia BrandtBettina BohnhorstAnne-Mieke WinstrothAnibh Martin DasMartina GramerAndi KipperMarkus KalesseWolfgang LöscherPublished in: Epilepsia (2020)
These data provide a prerequisite for further evaluating the potential of bumetanide prodrugs as add-on therapy to phenobarbital and other antiseizure drugs as a new strategy for improving pharmacotherapy of neonatal seizures.