Nicotine enemas for treatment of ulcerative colitis: A study of the pharmacokinetics and adverse events associated with three doses of nicotine

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 859-865

  Ingram, J R ^a   Routledge, P ^b   Rhodes, J ^a   Marshall, R W ^b   Buss, D C ^b   Evans, B K ^c   Feyerabend, C ^d   Thomas, G A O ^a,e  

^a CARDIFF AND VALE UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Quadrant Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d New Cross Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPOL 974P; COTININE; ENEMA; NICOTINE; XANTHAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIZZINESS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEATING; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS;

EID: 7044245484     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2004.02199.x     Document Type: Article

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