BACKGROUND AND AIMS Felodipine is a dihydropyridine calcium antagonist that presents good characteristics to be formulated as prolonged release preparations. The aim of the study was the formulation and in vitro characterization of a reservoir type prolonged release system with felodipine, over a 12 hours period using the Simplex method. METHODS The first step of the Simplex method was to stu...

Formulations for sustained medication release are very useful in the treatment of chronic disorders. The oral route has selected matrix tablets as most likely type prolonged drug release. In order to generate therapeutic activity a protracted duration, maintain stable plasma concentration and sustain rate throughout time. preparations with short half-life high dosage frequency, extended-release...

The case is reported of a patient who had taken a deliberate overdose of sustained release bupropion. The patient suffered from prolonged symptoms including seizures before fully recovering. The prescription of bupropion is encouraged as an aid to smoking cessation and it is probable that bupropion overdose will become more common. Emergency departments need to be aware that patients taking an ...

An abnormal fibrinogen was identified in a man with suspicious prolonged prothrombin time and a mild bleeding tendency. Coagulation studies showed marked prolonged thrombin and reptilase clotting times and a discrepancy between functional fibrinogen test and fibrinogen antigen. The rate of fibrinopeptide B release by thrombin was slightly delayed while the release of fibrinopeptide A was only h...

This article provides a historical and pharmacological overview of a new opioid analgesic that boasts an extended-release (ER) formulation designed to provide both immediate and prolonged analgesia for up to 12 hours in patients who are experiencing acute pain. This novel medication, ER oxycodone/acetaminophen, competes with current US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved opioid formulat...

The mechanics of the extraocular muscles and orbital tissue ('oculomotor plant') can be approximated by a small number of viscoelastic (Voigt) elements in series. Recent analysis of the eye's return from displacement in lightly anaesthetised rhesus monkeys has suggested a 4 element plant model, with time constants (TCs) of about 0.01, 0.1, 1 and 10 s. To demonstrate directly the presence of lon...