European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice
32296511
OBJECTIVES: Opioid-free anaesthesia is a treatment strategy of pain management based on the use of drugs such as lidocaine, ketamine and dexmedetomidine that do not interact significantly with opioid receptors. In particular, these drugs are used by ...
European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice
32296509
INTRODUCTION: Nefopam has been reported to be effective in postoperative pain control with an opioid-sparing effect, but the use of nefopam can lead to nausea and vomiting. To prevent these side effects, droperidol can be mixed with nefopam. In inten...
Journal of chemotherapy (Florence, Italy)
30663549
Continuous infusions of β-lactam antibiotics increase pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic target attainment. However, this way of administration brings about some practical issues such as stability. This study aims to determine the stability of a 90 mg/m...
Journal of oncology pharmacy practice : official publication of the International Society of Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners
29284355
Background Dysfunctional central venous catheter prohibits the administration of potential life-saving chemotherapy and the delivery of essential supportive care needs to patients. Sodium bicarbonate injection has been shown to impede against fibrin ...
Clinical pharmacology in drug development
27163500
Intravenous belimumab is approved for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus; subcutaneous self-administration would enable greater patient access. This study assessed relative bioavailability, tolerability, and safety of 1 subcutaneous dose o...
Journal of oncology pharmacy practice : official publication of the International Society of Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners
30997871
KIRO® Oncology (Kiro Grifols, Spain) is a robotic system for automated compounding of sterile injectable drugs including intravenous cytotoxic treatments. The present article describes the qualification procedure applied prior to production phases. P...
Inefficient injection of microparticles through conventional hypodermic needles can impose serious challenges on clinical translation of biopharmaceutical drugs and microparticle-based drug formulations. This study aims to determine the important fac...
Monitoring protein particles is increasingly emphasized in the development of biopharmaceuticals due to potential immunogenicity. Accurate quantitation of protein particles is complicated by silicone oil droplets, a common pharmaceutical component in...
International journal of pharmaceutical compounding
34807846
A literature review was conducted in 2019 on the reconstitution of intravenous drugs. The following methods were identified: manual, semi-automatic, and automatic. A classification was carried out in three categories: automatic syringes, peristaltic ...
Prefiltration before chromatographic analysis is critical in the monitoring of environmental micropollutants (MPs). However, in an aqueous matrix, such monitoring often leads to out-of-specification results owing to the loss of MPs on syringe filters...