Nano Pharmaceuticals 2019 Transdermal drug delivery system - Fremiot J Mascarenhas - Bhavnagar Medical Association

摘要

Transdermal drug delivery refers to asystem in which a fixed amount of drug isdelivered across the skin over a period oftime to the bloodstream so as to maintain atherapeutic level of that drug. This methodof drug delivery is painless and hasexcellent compliance in both pediatric andgeriatric age bracket because it is pain-freeand hassle free and doesn't need anyspecialized equipment for its use.Transdermal method of drug deliveryfeatures a great many advantages overother conventional routes of drugadministration like oral, intramuscular,intravenous. Medication applied in form ofa fixed-dose adhesive patch that is appliedto the skin surface and is absorbed throughthe pores of the skin and delivered in thebloodstream in a controlled way. The mainobjective of this painless route ofadministering a drug is to supply atherapeutic dose level of drug within thebloodstream with the minimal patient topatient variation while limiting the sideeffects if the same were to be administeredby any other route.