Comparative pharmacokinetics of Panadol Extend and immediate-release paracetamol in a simulated overdose model

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 398-403

  Tan, Clifford ^a,b   Graudins, Andis ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extended release; Overdose; Paracetamol; Pharmacokinetics; Volunteer study

Indexed keywords

DUATROL SR; PANADOL EXTEND; PANADOL OSTEO; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; DIZZINESS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG OVERDOSE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HUMAN; LETHARGY; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SUSTAINED RELEASE FORMULATION;

ABSORPTION; ACETAMINOPHEN; ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSAGE FORMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVERDOSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33745566820     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00873.x     Document Type: Article

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