Bioavailability and dose proportionality of intramuscular diazepam administered by autoinjector

Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 436-444

  Lehmann, Craig ^a   Wannarka, Gerald L ^b  

^a August Consulting Inc   (United States)

^b Meridian Medical Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute repetitive seizures; Diazepam autoinjector; Epilepsy; Epileptic seizure; Seizure

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIOEQUIVALENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEEDLE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYRINGE;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DIAZEPAM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; NORDAZEPAM; THERAPEUTIC EQUIVALENCY;

EID: 40749124478     PISSN: 00912700     EISSN: 15524604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0091270007311572     Document Type: Article

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