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GASTRIC IRRITATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pharmacology
DEF

A film which does not permit release of a significant quantity of a drug in the stomach but rapidly and completely releases the drug when the dosage form passes into the intestine.

CONT

Drugs that are destroyed by gastric juice or that cause gastric irritation are sometimes administered in dosage forms with a coating that prevents dissolution in the acid gastric contents.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pharmacologie
DEF

[...] couches protectrices qui permettent l'action du médicament à un niveau bien déterminé du tube digestif.

CONT

[...] des enrobages spéciaux permettent au comprimé de ne pas se déliter dans le suc gastrique; il sera seulement attaqué au niveau de l'intestin et aura ainsi échappé au péril acide.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Farmacología
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