title: Absorption of acetylsalicylic acid from the rat nasal cavity.
abstract: The fate of salicylate in the plasma of rats was followed after nasal, intravenous, and oral administration of 2.0-mg doses of aspirin. Aspirin was well absorbed following nasal administration of a neutralized, nonirritating solution containing triethanolamine. The rate of absorption was slower than that of other nasally administered drugs, such as propranolol or progesterone. The bioavailability of aspirin following nasal administration was 100%, whereas the oral bioavailability was only 58.8% at the dose studied.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40536-0082.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iseki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kagoshima
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Dittert
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D000818:Animals; D001241:Aspirin / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D001682:Biological Availability; D004355:Drug Stability; D008297:Male; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000378:metabolism*; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001241:Aspirin