Transdermal Flashcards
Transdermal Delivery Systems are Designed to?
Support?
Support the passage of drug substances from the surface of the skin, through its various layers and into the systemic circulation
What you need to know
4 things

Two Types of Dermal Drug Delivery
How are these applied and what are thet for?

Functions of the Skin
4 functions

Structure of the skin draw it
how thick is each part?

What is the structure of the epidermis
5 layers

How thick is the stratum corneum? What are its features? What is it made up of?

Epidermis
What are the 5 layers
What is the most important for barrier to chemical penetration?
What type of vasculature?
Turnover of the epidermis is how many days?
Where is the highest turnover?
How much moisture to remain soft and supple?

Dermis
70% of it is made up of? What does this provide?
What is loosely arranged in all directions and provide the stretchyness to the skin
Contains cells that synthesize collagen, elastin and other connective tissued what is the cell?
Also contains three other cell types
What is increased here?

Dermis
Contains a supply of? What 3 things
How do drugs diffuse through this area? 70% of it is?
The dermis contains what 3 things
What are the 4 cells in the dermis

What is the subQ layer made of

What are sebaceous glands associated with?
This gland is dep on?
Increase of activity in?
What are the 3 functions of sebum

Eccrine gland what type of gland? What 2 types of stimulation does it respond to?
Apocrine gland known as what type of gland? Associated with? And doesnt appear until? What type of secretions? Development of? Largest number are found in?

Melonocytes
Frequency when are they found?
Synthesis and distribution of? This is capable of?
Landerhans cells?

Important aspects of the Stratum Corneum
- How thick?
- Blocks of? Embedded in?
- Shape of cells? These dont have a?
- Barrier in permeation of?
- Arranged?

Composition of Human Strat corn
Chart

Diffusivities of water through the stratum corneum and other membranes
What is the take away from this?

Mechanism od drug absorption though the skin
Ficks First law of diffusion for drug transport accross the stratum corneum
Matching
steady-state flux across stratum corneum
thickness of the stratum corneum
partition coefficient of drug between skin and formulation
diffusion coefficient or diffusivity of drug molecules
drug concentration gradient across the stratum corneum

Simple diffusion

Absorption of drug is affected by 5 things?

Pathways of Drug permeation through skin think of transport

Transappendageal
What is the route of penetration here?

Hair Folicles
Sebumand what not
General rules for diffusion through skin
7 rules




































































