Scintigraphy can be used to compare delivery of sore throat formulations

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 606-612

  Limb, M ^a   Connor, A ^a   Pickford, M ^a   Church, A ^a   Mamman, R ^a   Reader, S ^b   Shephard, A ^b   Aspley, S ^b   Goulder, M A ^c  

^a PHARMACEUTICAL PROFILES LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b RECKITT BENCKISER   (United Kingdom)

^c Worldwide Clinical Trials   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; AMYL METACRESOL PLUS 2,4 DICHLOROBENZYL ALCOHOL; BENZYDAMINE; DEQUALINIUM; FLURBIPROFEN; HEXETIDINE; META CRESOL; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; STREFEN; STREPSILS; TECHNETIUM 99M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRY THROAT; FEMALE; GAMMA SCINTIGRAPHY; GARGLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOZENGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPEN STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SORE THROAT; TABLET; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AEROSOLS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MOUTHWASHES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TABLETS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE;

EID: 62549097217     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2008.01984.x     Document Type: Article

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