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Drug administration
(Cara Penggunaan Obat)
• Systemic (enteral, parenteral)
• Topical
• Transdermal
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Diffusion
through Diffusion
Transcellular
sebaceous through
Diffusion
ducts sweat ducts
Factors affecting absorption
• Nature of skin:
– With a skin lesion 80% can penetrate, with intact skin only
1% (hydrocortisone)
– Hydration improves this rate (occulsive dressings)
– Thin layer of stratum corneum (infant & elderly)
• Nature of drug:
– Active drug concentration, composition, physiochemical
properties and base vehicle
– Lipid soluble more effective than water soluble (20% fat)
Topical Anti-infectives
• Include antibiotic, antifungal and antiviral
drugs.
• Antibiotic:
– Exert a local bactericidal (killing) or bacteriostatic
(retarding growth) effect.
• Bacitracin, Gentamicin (G-myticin), Erythromycin
(Emgel) and neomycin are good examples
• Bacitracin (Baciguent) inhibits cell wall synthesis
– Prevention of superficial infections in wounds,
skin abrasions and minor burns
• Antifungal:
– Local inhibitory effect
• Amphotercin B (Fungizone) used for myotic infections
• Miconazole (Micatin), Ciclopirox (Loprox), econazole
(Spectazole) used for tinea pedis (athlete’s foot); tinea
corporis (ringworm)
• Clioquinol used for eczema and athletes' foot
• Antiviral:
– Acyclovir (Zovirax) and Penciclovir (Denavir) the
only available antiviral topical preparations
– Acyclovir used for initial presentation of genital
herpes and herpes simplex in immunocomprised
pts
– Penciclovir used for cold sores in adults
Adverse reactions to Anti-infectives
• Usually mild but relatively common
• Present as skin rash, itching, dermatitis,
irritation and redness
• Hypersensitive reactions
• Prolong use may lead to a ‘Super-sized’
infection
Contraindications
• Hypersensitive pts
• Be cautious in pts with extensive burns or
trophic ulceration
– Nephrotoxicity
Penicilin, Streptomycin,
chloramphenicol, Sulphonamide