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. 2013 Jun 6;28(2):81–97. doi: 10.7555/JBR.27.20120136

Table 2. Commercially available buccal mucosal drug delivery systems [115][117].

Therapeutic application Brand name Active ingredients Dosage form Manufacturers
Breakthrough cancer pain in opioid tolerant patients on maintenance opioids Actiq® Fentanyl citrate Lozenge Teva Pharmaceuticals, Sellersville, PA, USA
Fentora™ Fentanyl citrate Tablet Cephalon, Inc., Frazer, PA, USA
Onsolis® Fentanyl citrate Film Meda Pharmaceuticals Inc.Somerset, NJ, USA
Pain relief; narcotic for opioid dependent patients Subutex® Buprenorphinehydrochloride Tablet Reckitt Benckiser
Suboxane® Buprenorphine hydrochloride-naloxoneHCl Tablet Reckitt Benckiser
Prevention and treatment of angina pectoris Nitrostat® Nitroglycerine Tablet, Spray W Lambert-P Davis-Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
Suscard buccal Glyceryl trinitrate Tablet Forest laboratories
Nitrogard® Nitroglycerine Tablet Forest Pharmaceuticals,St. Louis, MO, USA
Smoking deterrent Nicotinelle® Nicotine Lozenge Novartis Consumer Health
Nicorette® Nicotine Chewing gum GSK Consumer Health
Topical treatment of oro-pharyngeal candidiasis Loramyc® Miconazole Tablet BioAlliance Pharma SA
Lauriad™ Miconazole Tablet BioAlliance Pharma SA
Hormone therapy Striant™ SR buccal Testosterone Tablet Columbia Pharmaceuticals
Nausea/emesis Buccastem Proclorperazine Tablet Reckitt Benckiser
Relief of migraines and associated symptoms, such as nausea Maxalt Wafers® Rizatriptan Wafer Merck & Co. Inc., WhitehouseStation, NJ, USA