Premium
Dosage Forms of Cyclosporine
Author(s) -
Yee Gary C.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
pharmacotherapy: the journal of human pharmacology and drug therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.227
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1875-9114
pISSN - 0277-0008
DOI - 10.1002/j.1875-9114.1991.tb02654.x
Subject(s) - dosage form , gelatin , chemistry , pharmacology , solubility , capsule , chromatography , drug , medicine , organic chemistry , biology , botany
Cyclosporine can be given intravenously or orally, as a solution or soft gelatin capsule. Because of the drug's poor water solubility, ethoxylated plant fats and ethanol are added to the commercially available dosage forms.