Pharmacokinetics and tolerability of intranasal diazepam and midazolam in healthy adult volunteers

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 353-357

  Ivaturi, V D ^a,b   Riss, J R ^a   Kriel, R L ^a,b   Cloyd, J C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diazepam; Intranasal; Midazolam; Pharmacokinetics; Tolerability

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NOTE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIAZEPAM; FEMALE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MIDAZOLAM; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64149115687     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2009.01170.x     Document Type: Note

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