Drug Carriers

Conventional drug administration has several issues and challenges. Drugs may not be fully absorbed or targeted, some drugs produce undesirable secondary effects and cause organ damage, and others trigger inflammation and immune response. As such, drug carrier systems are being developed to help pro...

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Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published IntechOpen 2022
Subjects
Medical specialties, branches of medicine
Medicine and Nursing
Other branches of medicine
Pharmacology
thema EDItEUR
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Summary:Conventional drug administration has several issues and challenges. Drugs may not be fully absorbed or targeted, some drugs produce undesirable secondary effects and cause organ damage, and others trigger inflammation and immune response. As such, drug carrier systems are being developed to help promote drug absorption, enhance targeting, and avoid or decrease negative symptoms. This book examines different drug carriers and drug carrier systems. Chapters address such topics as the use of polymers in drug carrier systems, thin films, metal-organic frameworks, graphene quantum dots, and nanotechnology and microfluidics for drug delivery.
ISBN:1803558326
9781803558325
1803558334
9781803558318
9781803558332
1803558318
DOI:10.5772/intechopen.98117