Balancing ethanol cosolvent concentration with product performance in 134a-based pressurized metered dose inhalers

Journal of Aerosol Medicine: Deposition, Clearance, and Effects in the Lung

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-174

  Gupta, Abhishek ^a   Stein, Stephen W ^b   Myrdal, Paul B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b 3M COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

APS; Ethanol cosolvent; Metered dose inhaler; Respirable dose

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; NORFLURANE; PROPELLANT; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SOLUBILITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METERED DOSE INHALER; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFORMANCE; PRESSURE;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AEROSOL PROPELLANTS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; BECLOMETHASONE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ETHANOL; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0038471153     PISSN: 08942684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/089426803321919924     Document Type: Article

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