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Wednesday May 24, 2002
Trouble with “Pilling the Cat”?
Check out the studies of Transdermal Drug Delivery!
This method of drug delivery involves incorporating
the active drug into anappropriate base that can be
applied to the skin and allow the drug to be absorbed
transdermally (“across the skin”), instead
of via the gastrointestinal system.
The Clinical Pharmacology Laboratory of Texas A&M
University College of
Veterinary Medicine has recently started studies with
the use of transdermal drug delivery, using gel technology.
These studies, funded by a grant from the Morris Animal
Foundation, will take place overthe next 2 years (2002-2003)
and are targeted to identify drugs that can be used
in a transdermal formulation in dogs and cats. The drugs
currently being considered for the studies are:
| -Insulin |
-Prednisolone |
| -Diazepam |
-Metoclopramide |
| -Theophylline |
-Phenobarbital |
| -Morphine |
-Amikacin |
| -Enrofloxacin |
-Fentanyl |
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-Lidocaine |
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