II. An ocular bioavailability comparison in rabbits of prednisolone acetate after repeated topical applications formulated as a high-viscosity gel and as an aqueous suspension

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 259-264

  Johansen, Sven ^a,c   Rask Pedersen, Eva ^b   Prause, Jan Ulrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LEO PHARMA A S   (Denmark)

^c Eye Pathology Institute   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aqueous suspension; Carbomer; Fusidic acid; Ophthalmic bioavailability; Prednisolone acetate; Rabbit; Sulfacetamide sodium; Vehicle

Indexed keywords

CARBOMER; FUSIDIC ACID; LEOGEL; METIMYD; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; SULFACETAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EYE DROPS; GLUCOCORTICOID; PREDNISOLONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS HUMOR; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; EYE; FEMALE; GEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VISCOSITY; ANIMAL; BIOAVAILABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; SUSPENSION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; FEMALE; FUSIDIC ACID; GELS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PREDNISOLONE; RABBITS; SULFACETAMIDE; SUSPENSIONS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0029662258     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1996.tb00088.x     Document Type: Article

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