A novel oral medicated jelly for enhancement of etilefrine hydrochloride bioavailability: In vitro characterization and pharmacokinetic evaluation in healthy human volunteers

Etilefrine hydrochloride (ET) is a water-soluble drug that is used to treat hypotension, but it has a bitter taste and low bioavailability due to undergoing the first-pass effect. Thus, this study aimed to develop and evaluate oral medicated jelly (OMJ) containing ET that could offer an easily taken...

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Main Authors: Ahmed Hassen Elshafeey, Rania Moataz El-Dahmy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-10-01
Series:Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319016422001967