Lack of Evidence for Involvement of P-Glycoprotein in Brain Uptake of the Centrally Acting Analgesic, Tramadol in the Rat

Purpose. Tramadol Hydrochloride is a widely-used centrally acting analgesic drug, which has some features of being a P-gp substrate. The present study evaluates the functional involvement of P-gp in CNS distribution of tramadol. Methods. The possibe involvement of P-glycoprotein in brain distributio...

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Main Authors: Behjat Sheikholeslami, Mehrdad Hamidi, Hoda Lavasani, Mohammad Sharifzadeh, Mohammadreza Rouini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences 2012-11-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Online Access:https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/jpps/index.php/JPPS/article/view/17958