Percutaneous Penetration Enhancers, Second Edition
Contributors: Eric Wane Smith (Editor); Howard I. Maibach (Editor)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: CRC
Published: November 2, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780849321528
Subjects: Biology, Life Sciences; Transdermal medication; Medical / Nursing; Medical; drug effects; Dermatology; Pharmacology; Medical / Dermatology; Skin Absorption
First sentence: This chapter presents a brief overview of the topics dealt with in more detail in subsequent contributions to this book, that is, the major ways by which scientists attempt to overcome the highly impermeable nature of human skin so as to deliver drugs at clinically active body concentrations.