The bioavailability and pharmacokinetics of subcutaneous, nebulized and oral morphine-6-glucuronide

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 347-354

  Penson, Richard T ^a,b   Joel, Simon P ^a   Roberts, Michael ^a   Gloyne, Anna ^a   Beckwith, Stephen ^a   Slevin, Maurice L ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Morphine; Morphine 6 glucuronide; Pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE 6 GLUCURONIDE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG HYDROLYSIS; DRUG INFUSION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEBULIZATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SENSATION; STANDARDIZATION; TOXICITY;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AKATHISIA, DRUG-INDUCED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; FEMALE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MORPHINE DERIVATIVES; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS;

EID: 0036227490     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.2002.01554.x     Document Type: Article

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