Original Article

Percutaneous Absorption

Authors: RICHARD B. STOUGHTON M.D.

Abstract

How much easier it would be to treat skin disease by the topical application of drugs rather than by the oral route! But the skin offers a most effective barrier to foreign substances which precludes such medication. But studies are going on to learn why the skin cannot be penetrated and how this might be circumvented.

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