Systemic Absorption of Amitriptyline and Buspirone after Oral and Transdermal Administration to Healthy Cats

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-46

  Mealey, K L ^a   Peck, K E ^b   Bennett, B S ^b   Sellon, R K ^a   Swinney, G R ^a   Melzer, K ^a,d   Gokhale, S A ^a   Krone, T M ^a,c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Governors Avenue Animal Hospital   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Cat; Pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; BUSPIRONE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; POLOXAMER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG FORMULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BUSPIRONE; CATS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELIMINATIVE BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN ABSORPTION;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0842330498     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2004)18<43:SAOAAB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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