Drug classification systems

Amidon, G. L., Lennernas, H., Shah, V. P., et al. A theoretical basis for a biopharmaceutics drug classification system the correlation of in vitro drug product dissolution and in vivo bioavailability. Pharm. Res. 12 413 20,1995. 

In addition to the variety of drug classification systems just described, a similar diversity, and somewhat bewildering array, of systems is used to name drugs during their development. This is because in the course of a drug s development, it usually acquires more than one identifying name. An example is the common drug aspirin ... 

In this chapter we also explain the drug-classification systems used in this book and then move to a discussion of who uses drugs. The final sections of the chapter cover ways to define harmfi.il drug use. The chapter closes with a brief overview of the rest of the text. 

Medicinal Chemistry Definitions and Objectives, Drug Activity Phases, Drug Classification Systems... 

Table 1 The Biopharmaceutics Drug Classification System as Defined by the Food and Drug Administration and Modified by Recent Findings... 

Kava has been difficult to categorize in modern scientific drug classification systems given its complex and subtle psychoactive properties. In large part, this is due to the presence in it of six major active components, the kavalactones, which exhibit pharmacological activity and are present in proportions which are dependent on various genetic and environmental factors. 

Drug classification system. Example Classification of Diazepam... 

B. Mattson, I. Nasman and J. Strom, Sweden s voluntary environmental drug classification system, Regul. Affairs J., March, 2007, 153-158. 

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