Influence of lipophilic counter ions on the transport of ionizable hydrophilic drugs

Abstract
The influence of lipophilic counter ions on the transport of the hydrophilic drugs pholedrine and bretylium across artificial lipid membranes has been studied using a permeation model system. The transport of both drugs was markedly enhanced by hexylsalicylate and by salts of fatty acids with a maximum at decanoate. The transport of pholedrine was additionally increased by bile salts such as desoxycholate.