Physiological Pharmaceutics

Index 309Gastric emptying 92Preoperative medication 170PreservativesEye 261Pressurized metered dose inhalers 211Radiolabelling 238Progesterone 148, 277, 279Progestin 278Prolapse 277Proline 119Promethazine 172, 173Propranolol 135, 214, 260Propylene glycol 191Prostaglandins 7, 82, 208, 230, 277Prostep 190Protein binding 31, 129Eye 258Proteins 245Proteoglycans 82, 184Ptyalin 43PubertyDelayed 53Pulmonary See also lungCirculation 20Deposition patterns 241Parenchyma 224Pulsincap 162PVA (polyvinyl alcohol) gel 266Pylorectomy 88Pyloric portion 76Pyloroplasty 88Pyrogens 20QQuinine 277RRabbit 216Racemose glands 60Radio controlled capsule 135Radiolabelling 237, 239Radiotelemetry capsule 159Ranitidine 130Rat 216Receptor-mediated transport 33RectalDosage forms spreading 168Recto-uterine pouch 272Rectocele 277Rectum 145, 147, 272Adjuvants 167Dose forms 167Drugs 169Drug administration 166Enhancers 167Irritation 173Replens ® 279Reserpine 262Respimat ® 236Respiration 224Reticulin fibres 184Reticuloendothelial system 25Retina 252Rhinitis 204, 214Allergic 205, 208, 214Perennial 205Rhinorrhea 205Riboflavin 100, 126Rivinus’s ducts 42Rivotril 169Rotahaler ® 234Ryle’s tube 129SSaccharin 50Salbutamol 243Salicylates 48, 277Salicylazosulphapyridine. See sulphasalazineSalicylic acid 130, 135, 136Saliva 42, 60Salivary glandsParotid 41Sublingual 42Submaxillary 41Salivary secretion 41SCFA See short-chain fatty acidsSclera 251, 252Drug penetration 259Scleroderma 70Sebaceous glands 185Sebum 185Secretin 113, 148Sennosides 165Sephadex 213Serotonin 113Sheep 216Shellac 66Short-chain fatty acids 156Sialase 147Sialic acid 7, 202Silicones 24Elastomers 278Oil 279Single photon emission computedtomography 237Singulair 244Sinusitis 205, 214Sjögrens syndrome 206Skatole 153Skene’s glands 275Skin 182