Intranasal drug delivery: opportunities and toxicologic challenges during drug development

LA Keller, O Merkel, A Popp - Drug delivery and translational research, 2022 - Springer
Over the past 10 years, the interest in intranasal drug delivery in pharmaceutical R&D has
increased. This review article summarises information on intranasal administration for local …

Benzodiazepines in the management of seizures and status epilepticus: a review of routes of delivery, pharmacokinetics, efficacy, and tolerability

R Kienitz, L Kay, I Beuchat, S Gelhard… - CNS drugs, 2022 - Springer
Status epilepticus (SE) is an acute, life-threatening medical condition that requires
immediate, effective therapy. Therefore, the acute care of prolonged seizures and SE is a …

Therapeutic and toxic blood concentrations of nearly 1,000 drugs and other xenobiotics

M Schulz, S Iwersen-Bergmann, H Andresen… - Critical care, 2012 - Springer
Introduction In order to assess the significance of drug levels measured in intensive care
medicine, clinical and forensic toxicology, as well as for therapeutic drug monitoring, it is …

Insights into direct nose to brain delivery: current status and future perspective

D Mittal, A Ali, S Md, S Baboota, JK Sahni, J Ali - Drug delivery, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Now a day's intranasal (in) drug delivery is emerging as a reliable method to bypass the
blood–brain barrier (BBB) and deliver a wide range of therapeutic agents including both …

Benzodiazepines in epilepsy: pharmacology and pharmacokinetics

J Riss, J Cloyd, J Gates, S Collins - Acta neurologica …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Benzodiazepines (BZDs) remain important agents in the management of epilepsy. They are
drugs of first choice for status epilepticus and seizures associated with post‐anoxic insult …

Therapeutic and toxic blood concentrations of more than 800 drugs and other xenobiotics

M Schulz, A Schmoldt - Die Pharmazie-An International Journal …, 2003 - ingentaconnect.com
In order to assess the significance of drug levels measured in clinical and forensic toxicology
as well as for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) it is essential that good collections of data …

Safety and efficacy of buccal midazolam versus rectal diazepam for emergency treatment of seizures in children: a randomised controlled trial

J McIntyre, S Robertson, E Norris, R Appleton… - The Lancet, 2005 - thelancet.com
Background Rectal diazepam and buccal midazolam are used for emergency treatment of
acute febrile and afebrile (epileptic) seizures in children. We aimed to compare the safety …

Treatment of community-onset, childhood convulsive status epilepticus: a prospective, population-based study

RFM Chin, BGR Neville, C Peckham, A Wade… - The Lancet …, 2008 - thelancet.com
Background Episodes of childhood convulsive status epilepticus (CSE) commonly start in
the community. Treatment of CSE aims to minimise the length of seizures, treat the causes …

Midazolam versus diazepam for the treatment of status epilepticus in children and young adults: a meta‐analysis

J McMullan, C Sasson, A Pancioli… - Academic emergency …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Rapid treatment of status epilepticus (SE) is associated with better outcomes.
Diazepam and midazolam are commonly used, but the optimal agent and administration …

Intranasal mucoadhesive microemulsions of clonazepam: preliminary studies on brain targeting

TK Vyas, AK Babbar, RK Sharma, S Singh… - Journal of pharmaceutical …, 2006 - Elsevier
The aim of this investigation was to prepare clonazepam microemulsions (CME) for rapid
drug delivery to the brain to treat acute status epileptic patients and to characterize and …