3.6 Flashcards
____ is the lining of the cheek (between the cheek and gums)
buccal
___ is the ventral surface of the tongue and floor of mouth (under the tongue)
sublingual
Administering drugs to the oral cavity can give us systemic and local effects. Systemic by absorption through …
buccal or SL epithelia
Intermediate properties between intestinal mucosa and epidermis is ….
coated with mucous, but a squamous epithelium
Epithelium is the principle barrier for _____ and is highly vascularized (blood supply-good for systemic delivery)
drug absorption (go throught many skin cell layers)
Buccal and sublingual membranes (are or are not keratinized)
are not keratinized
top of mouth is keratinized
Buccal is (more or less) thick than sublingual
more (2-8 times more)
Permeability of sublingual is (higher or lower) than buccal
higher
Saliva is critical in that it can dissolve the drug but it could also ____ the drug away.
wash
Advantage of sublingual/buccal delivery is…
- Avoidance of GI acid degradation
- Avoid GI enzymatic degradation
- Avoid hepatic first pass
(Unless swallowed)
No hepatic first pass- drainage is to the ___vein
jugular
Nitroglycerin sublingual is super lipophilic and has a ___ onset of action and high blood levels
rapid (1-3 minutes)
(Buccal or SL) delivery can be used for prolonged action can be several hours
buccal
Disadvantage of sublingual/buccal is the low _______ for most drugs due to skin-like properties.
permeability
Disadvantage of sublingual/buccal is drug can be washed away (saliva) and has unpredictable bioavailability due to …
mucosal variations