Dermatokinetics of Therapeutic Agents

Presenting the first comprehensive reference on this important new area of research, this book provides an overview of the fundamentals of dermatokinetics: the study of drug uptake into skin layers. It offers a detailed discussion of dermatokinetics that is applicable to any route of administration and to different pharmaceutical drug delivery systems. The author includes a general overview of the theoretical as well as the practical aspects of dermatokinetics and addresses the impact of drug delivery system design on the dermatokinetics of drugs. Chapters cover such topics as dermatopharmacology, cutaneous microdialysis, and dermatokinetics of gene therapeutics.