Development and characterisation of a moisture-activated bioadhesive drug delivery system for percutaneous local anaesthesia

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-94

  Woolfson, A David ^a   McCafferty, Dermot F ^a   Moss, Gary P ^a,b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apparent viscosity; Bioadhesion; Percutaneous local anaesthesia; Poly(methylvinyl ether maleic anhydride); Polydimethylsiloxane; Tetracaine

Indexed keywords

DIMETICONE; POLYMER; TETRACAINE;

ADHESION; ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG STABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEMBRANE; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0032581190     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5173(98)00109-4     Document Type: Article

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