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J Vet Med. 2017;2017:3102567. doi: 10.1155/2017/3102567. Epub 2017 Apr 09.

Subcutaneous Implants of a Cholesterol-Triglyceride-Buprenorphine Suspension in Rats.

Journal of veterinary medicine

M Guarnieri, C Brayton, R Sarabia-Estrada, B Tyler, P McKnight, L DeTolla

Affiliations

  1. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Neurological Surgery, Baltimore, MD, USA.
  2. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, Baltimore, MD, USA.
  3. George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA.
  4. University of Maryland School of Medicine, Departments of Pathology, Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health and the Program of Comparative Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

PMID: 28492060 PMCID: PMC5401735 DOI: 10.1155/2017/3102567

Abstract

A Target Animal Safety protocol was used to examine adverse events in male and female Fischer F344/NTac rats treated with increasing doses of a subcutaneous implant of a lipid suspension of buprenorphine. A single injection of 0.65 mg/kg afforded clinically significant blood levels of drug for 3 days. Chemistry, hematology, coagulation, and urinalysis values with 2- to 10-fold excess doses of the drug-lipid suspension were within normal limits. Histopathology findings were unremarkable. The skin and underlying tissue surrounding the drug injection were unremarkable. Approximately 25% of a cohort of rats given the excess doses of 1.3, 3.9, and 6.5 mg/kg displayed nausea-related behavior consisting of intermittent and limited excess grooming and self-gnawing. These results confirm the safety of cholesterol-triglyceride carrier systems for subcutaneous drug delivery of buprenorphine in laboratory animals and further demonstrate the utility of lipid-based carriers as scaffolds for subcutaneous, long-acting drug therapy.

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