Physicochemical and antimicrobial evaluation of chitosan and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose films for prolonged release of pilocarpine.

• Main Authors: Jesús Rodríguez (Author), Rosa Sánchez (Author), Marianela Garza (Author), María Nakagoshi (Author), Juan Solís (Author), Katiushka Arévalo (Author), Emmanuel Garza (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidad de Concepción., 2015-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: The use of prolonged local drug delivery to the oral cavity offers multiple benefits, such as increasing the pharmacological action in the desirable local site and reducing the usual dose and the adverse effects. Pilocarpine is a cholinergic drug approved by the FDA for the treatment o...