Pharmacokinetics and safety of posaconazole delayed-release tablets for invasive fungal infections

Clinical Pharmacology: Advances and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wiederhold, Nathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifungal prophylaxis; Delayed release tablet; Pharmacokinetics; Posaconazole; Posaconazole oral suspension

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; POSACONAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANEMIA; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; DIARRHEA; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FATIGUE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NAUSEA; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RASH; STOMACH MOTILITY; STOMACH PH; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; TABLET FORMULATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING;

EID: 84952838099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CPAA.S60933     Document Type: Article

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