Population Pharmacokinetic Model of THC Integrates Oral, Intravenous, and Pulmonary Dosing and Characterizes Short- and Long-term Pharmacokinetics

Clinical Pharmacokinetics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 209-219

  Heuberger, Jules A A C ^a   Guan, Zheng ^a   Oyetayo, Olubukayo Opeyemi ^a   Klumpers, Linda ^a   Morrison, Paul D ^b   Beumer, Tim L ^c   van Gerven, Joop M A ^a   Cohen, Adam F ^a   Freijer, Jan ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR HUMAN DRUG RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Echo Pharmaceuticals   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID DERIVATIVE; DELTA9 TETRAHYDROCANNOBINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DRONABINOL; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG HALF LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRONABINOL; FEMALE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921732859     PISSN: 03125963     EISSN: 11791926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40262-014-0195-5     Document Type: Article

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