A pharmacokinetic study to compare two simultaneous 400 μg doses with a single 800 μg dose of oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 743-747

  Lee, Maureen ^a   Kern, Steven E ^a,b   Kisicki, James C ^c   Egan, Talmage D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MDS Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actiq; Bioequivalence; Fentanyl; Opioids; OTFC; Pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; FENTANYL CITRATE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIOEQUIVALENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZATION;

EID: 0042121265     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(03)00241-0     Document Type: Article

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