Transdermal patches for the treatment of neurologic conditions in elderly patients: A review

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Farlow, Martin R ^a   Somogyi, Monique ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; LIDOCAINE; PLACEBO; RIVASTIGMINE; ROTIGOTINE; SELEGILINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALGESIA; APPLICATION SITE REACTION; CHRONIC PAIN; DEMENTIA; DIZZINESS; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG USE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PARKINSON DISEASE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; SOMNOLENCE; TRANSDERMAL PATCH;

EID: 84856040716     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: 1555211X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/PCC.11r01149     Document Type: Review

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