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Index<br />

1 Index<br />

Abbreviations ..................................................................................................................1<br />

Summary..........................................................................................................................3<br />

Background and objectives............................................................................................7<br />

THEORETICAL SECTION<br />

1 <strong>Nasal</strong> drug delivery<br />

1.1 Topical and systemic bioavailability <strong>of</strong> nasally applied drugs............................................ 11<br />

1.2 <strong>Transmucosal</strong> nasal drug delivery ..................................................................................... 12<br />

1.3 Challenges in transmucosal nasal drug delivery ............................................................... 14<br />

1.4 Nose to brain-transport ...................................................................................................... 15<br />

2 Impact <strong>of</strong> anatomy and physiology on transmucosal nasal drug delivery<br />

2.1 Anatomy and physiology <strong>of</strong> the nose................................................................................. 17<br />

2.2 <strong>Nasal</strong> mucosa and mucociliary clearance.......................................................................... 18<br />

2.3 <strong>Drug</strong> metabolism in the nasal mucosa............................................................................... 21<br />

2.4 Common cold and seasonal allergic rhinitis ...................................................................... 22<br />

3 Midazolam<br />

3.1 Physicochemical characterization...................................................................................... 23<br />

3.2 Pharmacological effects, metabolism and elimination ....................................................... 24<br />

3.3 Undesirable effects ............................................................................................................ 26<br />

3.4 Midazolam delivery ............................................................................................................ 27<br />

4 Compounding <strong>of</strong> nasal midazolam preparations<br />

4.1 Regulatory requirements for nasal preparations (Ph. Eur. 5.5) ......................................... 31<br />

4.2 Excipients for nasal midazolam preparations .................................................................... 31<br />

4.3 Cyclodextrins...................................................................................................................... 33<br />

4.4 Chitosan hydrochloride ...................................................................................................... 39<br />

Katja Suter-Zimmermann Page I University <strong>of</strong> Basel, 2008

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