Transdermal delivery of drugs with microneedles—potential and challenges

Pharmaceutics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 90-105

  Ita, Kevin ^a  

^a TOURO UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolving microneedles; Drug delivery; Hydrogelforming; Microneedles; Transdermal

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE BESYLATE; CAFFEINE; CAPTOPRIL; CARBON NANOTUBE; DIMETICONE; FLUORESCEIN; HYALURONIC ACID; INFLUENZA VACCINE; INSULIN; LIDOCAINE; MACROGOL; MACROGOL 10000; METOPROLOL TARTRATE; PARATHYROID HORMONE[1-34]; PHENYLEPHRINE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYLACTIC ACID; SODIUM CARBONATE; SUMATRIPTAN; VERAPAMIL;

ARTICLE; COATED MICRONEEDLE; DISSOLVING MICRONEEDLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; HOLLOW MICRONEEDLE; HYDROGEL FORMING MICRONEEDLE; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; MATERIAL COATING; MICROCIRCULATION; MICRONEEDLE; MICRONEEDLE ROLLER; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SOLID MICRONEEDLE; TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; TRANSDERMAL PATCH;

EID: 84939783802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics7030090     Document Type: Article

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