Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of clomethiazole after oral and rectal administration in healthy subjects

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 829-840

  Rätz, Alexandra E ^a   Schlienger, Raymond G ^a   Linder, Lilly ^a   Langewitz, Wolf ^a   Haefeli, Walter E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clomethiazole; Oral administration; Pharmacodynamics; Pharmacokinetics; Reaction time; Rectal administration; Single dose

Indexed keywords

CLOMETHIAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; REACTION TIME; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032967447     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2918(99)80005-8     Document Type: Article

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