The meningeal permeability of R- and S-bupivacaine are not different: Evidence that pharmacodynamic differences between the enantiomers are not the result of differences in bioavailability

Anesthesiology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 896-897

  Bernards, Christopher M ^a   Ulma Jr , George A ^b   Kopacz, Dan J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Washington ^*  (United States)

^c VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Levobupivacaine; Local anesthetics; Macaque nemestrina; Monkey; Pharmacokinetics; Stereospecific

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG PENETRATION; ENANTIOMER; MENINX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033812552     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200009000-00046     Document Type: Article

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