Transdermal Drug Delivery System Flashcards
1
Q
What certain medications are manufactured as skin patches and have special properties that enable them to cross the skin and enter the bloodstream that last for several days?
A
Transdermal drug delivery system
2
Q
Examples of transdermal drug delivery system?
A
- Transderm Scop® (motion sickness)
- Ortho Evra® (birth control)
- Vivelle Dot® (menopause symptoms)
- Nitro Dur® (angina)
- Duragesic® (chronic pain)