Abstract
1. This study compared serum concentrations of morphine after administration of a buccal tablet (25mg) with those after intramuscular injection (10mg). 2. Buccal morphine was administered to eleven healthy volunteers and intramuscular morphine was given to five preoperative surgical patients. Serum morphine concentrations were assayed by high performance liquid chromatography (h.p.l.c.) in samples taken up to 8 h after drug administration. 3. Mean maximum morphine concentrations were eight times lower after buccal administration than after intramuscular injection and occurred at a mean of 4 h later. Individual morphine concentration-time profiles showed marked interindividual variability after administration of the buccal tablet, consistent with considerable variation in tablet persistence time on the buccal mucosa.
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