Transdermal drug delivery devices for chronotherapy.
Efficient treatment of diseases is expected when the timing of drug delivery is taken into account and adjusted in a proper way. This implies an easy to use, noninteractive and user independent drug delivery system that allows delivery at anytime. This article discusses developments in chronotherapeutic delivery devices that offer a form of drug administration that maximises drug effectiveness.
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Micromedical Technology Group, HSG-IMIT, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany. david.hradetzky@hsg-imit.de
D000279:Administration, Cutaneous; D000818:Animals; D019454:Chronotherapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004339:Drug Compounding; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008904:Miniaturization; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D012869:Skin Absorption; D013678:Technology, Pharmaceutical / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors
D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations