skin patch definition of skin patch in the Free Online Encyclopedia.

skin patch, transdermal patch, or transdermal delivery system, adhesive patch used to deliver a controlled dose of a drug through the skin over a period of time. A skin patch uses a special membrane to control the rate at which the liquid drug contained in the reservoir within the patch can pass through the skin and into the bloodstream. Some drugs must be combined with substances, such as alcohol, that increase their ability to penetrate the skin in order to be used in a skin patch. Drugs administered through skin patches include scopolamine (for motion sickness), nicotine (for quitting smoking), estrogen (for menopause menopause or climacteric , transitional phase in a woman's life when the ovaries stop releasing eggs, ovarian production of estrogen and other hormones tapers off, and menstruation ceases.
..... Click the link for more information. and to prevent osteoporosis after menopause), nitroglycerin (for angina), and lidocaine to relieve the pain of shingles (herpes zoster herpes zoster, infection of a ganglion (nerve center) with severe pain and a blisterlike eruption in the area of the nerve distribution, a condition called shingles.
..... Click the link for more information. ). Molecules of insulin and many other substances, however, are too large to pass through the skin.

Mentioned in	?		References in periodicals archive	?		Encyclopedia browser	?		Full browser	?
No references found	Zoe, from Didsbury, Manchester, said she did the skin patch test, as advised on the pack and had no reaction. HAIR DYE HORROR; Zoe rushed to burns hospital by The Mirror (London, England) Byline: ANI Washington, June 16 (ANI): A new study, conducted by researcher from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), has shown that a radioactive skin patch can safely and successfully treat basal cell carcinoma, one of the most common types of skin cancers. AIIMS researcher claims non-toxic radioactive patch could treat skin ... by Asian News International Skin patch and vaginal ring versus combined oral contraceptives for contraception, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2008, Issue 1, CD003552. Comparing hormonals by Hollander, Dore / Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health	skim coat skim gate skim ice Skim Milk skimmer Skimmers Skimmia skimming skimming coat skimming plant Skimpole, Horace Skin Skin Analyzer skin antenna skin cancer skin depth Skin Diseases skin diving skin drying Skin Effect skin erythema dose skin flick skin friction skin graft skin lamination skin patch Skin Reactions skin resistance skin test skin tracking skin-friction coefficient skinhead skink skinnable skinned bolt Skinner Skinner, B F Skinner, B. F. Skinner, Burrhus Frederic Skinner, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Otis skinning Skinning Machine Skinny Skinny DIP skinny Linux skintillion skintle skintled brickwork skintled joint skiograph	skin lipoma Skin lotion Skin lotion Skin mag Skin malignancies Skin malignancies Skin malignancies Skin malignancy Skin malignancy Skin malignancy Skin me! skin memory skin memory skin memory skin memory skin memory Skin moth Skin Necrosis or Limb Ischaemia Skin neoplasms Skin neoplasms Skin neoplasms Skin of the Day Skin of the teeth Skin Off Our Bones Skin On Frame Skin or Gill Flukes Skin or Gill Flukes Skin or Gill Flukes skin over skin paint skin patch Skin patches Skin patches Skin patches Skin patches Skin Peeling Syndrome skin perceptiveness Skin Perfusion Pressure on the Heel skin pH skin pH skin pH skin pH skin pH Skin Pharmacology Society Skin pigment Skin Pigmentation Disorders Skin Pollution skin pop skin popping skin prep Skin Prick Test Skin Protection Factor skin rash skin rash skin rash skin rash skin rash Skin rashes Skin rashes Skin rashes Skin rashes

Mentioned in

References in periodicals archive

Encyclopedia browser

Full browser

No references found

Zoe, from Didsbury, Manchester, said she did the skin patch test, as advised on the pack and had no reaction.

HAIR DYE HORROR; Zoe rushed to burns hospital by The Mirror (London, England)

Byline: ANI Washington, June 16 (ANI): A new study, conducted by researcher from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), has shown that a radioactive skin patch can safely and successfully treat basal cell carcinoma, one of the most common types of skin cancers.

AIIMS researcher claims non-toxic radioactive patch could treat skin ... by Asian News International

Skin patch and vaginal ring versus combined oral contraceptives for contraception, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2008, Issue 1, CD003552.

Comparing hormonals by Hollander, Dore / Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health