Discussing existing techniques, ongoing research, new approaches, and basic concepts in the treatment of nail diseases,
Topical Nail Products and Ungual Drug Delivery
summarizes the current knowledge and represents a jumping-off point for creating novel techniques of drug delivery across the nail.
A growing area of pharmaceutical research, the search for efficient delivery techniques that can cross the nail barrier has yielded several effective strategies, brought together in this book.
Topics Include
Nail anatomy, physiology, diseases, and treatment
Permeability of the nail plate
Topical nail formulations
Approaches to enhance ungual and trans-ungual drug delivery
In vitro
and
in vivo
models to evaluate topical nail formulations
Nail sampling techniques
Bioengineering of the nail
Trans-ungual iontophoresis
Pharmacokinetics of drugs in the nail apparatus
Onychopharmacokinetics: proposed model insight
Photodynamic therapy of nail diseases
The nail as a surrogate for investigating drug use