| Literature DB >> 8438664 |
N Gainsborough1, V L Maskrey, M L Nelson, J Keating, R A Sherwood, S H Jackson, C G Swift.
Abstract
Gastric emptying is important as a rate-limiting step in the absorption of orally administered drugs. Paracetamol absorption kinetics were used to compare gastric emptying in 19 fit elderly and 19 fit young volunteers. The results showed no significant difference in any of the derived parameters (t1/2abs, tlag and tmax) between the two groups. These results suggest that ageing does not impair this rate-limiting step in drug absorption.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8438664 DOI: 10.1093/ageing/22.1.37
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Age Ageing ISSN: 0002-0729 Impact factor: 10.668