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Developing Drugs for Children and the Adjustment of Medication—Is It a New Challenge or an Adaptation of Past Ideas?

Nowadays the adjustment of medication for each patient is at the center of health strategy. Children can be considered as specific targets with their own specificities. In the oral route field some examples of drugs especially adapted to children can be found. Design is introduced in drug formulatio...

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Autores principales: Gauthier, Pascale, Cardot, Jean-Michel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4251352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25562595
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm1010005
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Sumario:Nowadays the adjustment of medication for each patient is at the center of health strategy. Children can be considered as specific targets with their own specificities. In the oral route field some examples of drugs especially adapted to children can be found. Design is introduced in drug formulation to offer a better choice of products and now, children can be considered as partners in their own treatment. Enhanced comprehension of children's requirements can also lead to creation of drugs that improve compliance.