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Physiological Pharmaceutics

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Chapter SevenDrug Delivery to the Large Intestineand RectumINTRODUCTIONANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE COLONInterspecies differences in structureColonic structureColonic mucosaMucusGut wall metabolismBlood supplyNervous and humoral controlColonic environmentWater and electrolytespHBacteriaColonic motilityPatterns of motilityElectrical activityGastrocolic reflexDefaecation<strong>Physiological</strong> factors affecting colonic motilityThe effect of dietInfluence of drugsDrug absorption from the colonDRUG DELIVERYTransitDietary factorsTemporal factorsTargeting the proximal colonpHTimeBioadhesivesBacterially triggered systemsBacterial degradation of drugEffect of disease and co-medication on colonic drug absorptionRECTAL ADMINISTRATION OF DRUGSDrug absorption and avoidance of first-pass metabolismDosage forms for rectal deliveryAdjuvantsSpreading of rectal dosage formsTherapeutic agents administered rectallyAnticonvulsantsPreoperative medication and induction of anaesthesiaAnalgesis and antiarthritics143

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