Bioavailability of Drugs:Principles and Problems

Book : Bioavailability of Drugs:Principles and Problems

Language : English

Library : Social Phsician

Publish Place : Geneva

ISBN : 92 4 120536 9

Volume : 536

Publish Date : 00 1974

Publisher : World Health Organization WHO

Book Type : Report

Book Number : 3467

INDEX


CONTENTS

1. Introduction ......................................................
2. General considerations..........................................
3. Biopharmaceutical and other factors influencing the plasma concentration of drugs and their excretion in urine................................
3.1 Biopharmaceutical factors influencing bioavailability...............
3.2 Other factors influencing drug plasma concentration and excretion in urine......................................................
4. Methods of testing................................................
4.1 General considerations..........................................
4.2 Preliminary procedures...... ...............
4.3 Experimental procedure........................................
5. Correlation of bioavailability data in man with data from other sources
5.1 Therapeutic efficacy and adverse effects..........................
5.2 Animal models..........................
5.3 In vitro tests..................................................
6. Specifications for bioavailability.....................................
6.1 Bioavailability reference formulations..................
6.2 Acceptable differences in bioavailability of different formulations of the same drug................................................
7. Priorities........................
8. Personnel requirements...........
9. Research needs..................
10. Conclusions and recommendations