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GASTRIC EMPTYING TIME [1 record]

Record 1 2022-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Routes of Administration (Pharmacology)
CONT

FDDS has a bulk density less than gastric fluid and so remains buoyant in the stomach... for a prolonged period of time irrespective of gastric emptying rate. This system, while floating on the gastric contents, slowly releases drug/s at the predetermined rate followed by collapse of the residual system from the stomach...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Voies d'administration (Pharmacologie)

Spanish

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