background: poorly educated people in some parts of iran use burned mantles as a wound healing medicine. materials and methods: to perform surface area measurement, twenty rats were divided randomly into two groups of 10 animals each. the first group received topical burned radioactive lantern mantle powder on the first to third days after making excision wounds. the second group received non-r...

BACKGROUND Topical administration of ketoprofen to treat local subcutaneous pain significantly reduces gastrointestinal and cardiovascular adverse effects associated with oral delivery. However, this benefit must be weighed against the risk of photosensitisation/phototoxicity. OBJECTIVE To substantiate the safety and efficacy of topical ketoprofen delivery from a patch. METHODS Experiments ...

Effects of vasodilating drugs on microcirculation of the rat cremaster muscle were investigated microscopically. Topical application and intravenous injection of papaverine produced dilatation of arterioles. Cyclandelate applied topically dilated the arterioles to a considerable extent. Topical application of bamethan induced arteriolar dilatation while bamethan given intravenously constricted ...

The available minoxidil formulations for topical application suffer with major drawback and requires repeated application. The present study was aimed to investigate the effect of microemulsions and microemulsion based hydrogel-systems (MEHs) for increased percutaneous penetration of minoxidil. Minoxidil microemulsions were developed by conventional titration method using oleic-acid as oil, twe...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of treatment of venous lower limbs ulcers through the topical application of polynucleotides and hyaluronic acid gel (PNHA): Nucliaskin S™ (Mastelli srl, San Remo, Italy). This study was carried out in 39 consecutive patients who were randomly allocated to two groups: group I (20 patients) received treatment with PNHA (topical gel application tw...

BACKGROUND Tracheobronchial stenosis is a known complication of endobronchial tuberculosis. Despite antituberculous and steroid therapy, the development of bronchial stenosis is usually irreversible and requires airway patency to be restored by either bronchoscopic or surgical interventions. We report the use of balloon dilatation and topical mitomycin-C to successful restore airway patency. ...

BACKGROUND Topical steroid treatment induces diverse local Wand systemic adverse effects. Several approaches have been tried to reduce the steroid-induced adverse effects. Simultaneous application of physiological lipid mixture is also suggested. OBJECTIVE Novel vehicles for topical glucocorticoids formulation were evaluated for the efficacy of reducing side-effects and the drug delivery prop...

BACKGROUND Postoperative erythema of several months duration is a universal and problematic side effect of cutaneous carbon dioxide (CO2) laser resurfacing. OBJECTIVE This study was conducted in order to determine the effectiveness of two formulations of topical ascorbic acid in reducing the degree and duration of post-CO2 laser resurfacing erythema. RESULTS The application of topical L-asc...

A 4% cocaine (total dose; 200 mg) solution with 1 mg epinephrine was used as a topical anesthetic for 178 cases undergoing functional endoscopic sinus surgery. Complications were investigated before and during surgery. Bleeding amount and operative duration were compared between patients with and without topical cocaine application. Tachycardia (26 cases) was the only complication encountered i...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the efficacy of topical 0.2% hyaluronic acid in canine corneal ulcers in vivo. PROCEDURES Six purpose-bred beagles were randomly assigned into two groups (three dogs/group): group A received experimental product (Optimend™ , containing 0.2% hyaluronic acid, KineticVet™ ); group B received control product (Optimend™ without 0.2% hyaluronic acid and supplemented with ca...