Quality of medicines stored together in multi-compartment compliance aids

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 533-543

  Donyai, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

atenolol; drug formulation; drug packaging; drug stability; patient compliance; quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGETTE; ATENOLOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLISTER PACK; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMIDITY; MEDICINE COMPLIANCE AID; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STANDARD; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TABLET DISINTEGRATION TIME; TABLET FORMULATION; TABLET FRIABILITY; TABLET HARDNESS; TABLET PROPERTY;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ASPIRIN; ATENOLOL; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; EXCIPIENTS; HARDNESS; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; LIGHT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; SOLUBILITY; TABLETS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77956644604     PISSN: 02694727     EISSN: 13652710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2710.2009.01129.x     Document Type: Article

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