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Formulation and biopharmaceutical evaluation of an anti schizophrenic drug /

Nermeen Adel Ahmed Elkasabgy

Formulation and biopharmaceutical evaluation of an anti schizophrenic drug / صياغة و تقييم بيوصيدلى لعقار معالج لفصام الشخصية Nermeen Adel Ahmed Elkasabgy ; Supervised Galal Elmahrouk , Mona Hassan Abouleinien - Cairo : Nermeen Adel Ahmed Elkasabgy , 2012 - 284 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Pharmacy - Department of Pharmaceutics

Olanzapine is an effective antipsychotic drug used for the treatment of positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia. But, it suffers from extensive first-pass metabolism in the liver to inactive metabolites, resulting in a poor oral bioavailability of nearly 60%. Therefore, to bypass this first-pass metabolism, olanzapine could be administered via other routes rather than the oral one e.g. rectal, injections, transdermal, etc



Antischizophrenic drug Olanzapine Solid lipid nanoparticles