Transdermal drug delivery: approaches and significance

Transdermal drug delivery: approaches and significance Editorial (2057) Total Article Views Authors: Murthy SN Published Date May 2012 Volume 2012:1 Pages 1 - 2 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RRTD.S31738 Received: 13 March 2012 Accepted: 13 March 2012 Published: 03 May 2012 S Narasimha Murthy Department of Pharmaceutics, The University of Mississippi, USA Transdermal drug delivery systems deliver drugs through the skin as an alternative to oral, intravascular, subcutaneous, and transmucosal routes. Potential advantages of transdermal delivery include, but are not limited to, elimination of first-pass metabolism, steady delivery/blood levels, better patient compliance, reduced systemic drug interactions, possible dose intervention, avoidance of medically assisted drug administration, prolonged drug administration, and overall better therapeutic efficacy. Post to: Cannotea Citeulike Del.icio.us Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Readers of this article also read: Applications of gold nanoparticles in cancer nanotechnology Local anesthetic failure associated with inflammation: verification of the acidosis mechanism and the hypothetic participation of inflammatory peroxynitrite Morgellons disease: Analysis of a population with clinically confirmed microscopic subcutaneous fibers of unknown etiology Subset-directed antiviral treatment of 142 herpesvirus patients with chronic fatigue syndrome DataGenno: building a new tool to bridge molecular and clinical genetics Evaluation of in-vitro antibiotic susceptibility of different morphological forms of Borrelia burgdorferi Differences in risk aversion between young and older adults The preparation and characterization of gold-conjugated polyphenol nanoparticles as a novel delivery system Nanocarriers for transdermal drug delivery