Pharmacokinetics of lanoconazole in human skin after repeated topical application.

Drug disposition after topical application to the skin has not been fully elucidated, especially after repeated application. We conducted a clinical trial to evaluate the pharmacokinetics in the stratum corneum of healthy adults after repeated application of lanoconazole cream as a model drug. We applied 25 mg of 1% lanoconazole cream onto the pre-specified areas on the participants' back once daily for 5 days.

Dissolving microneedles for enhanced local delivery of capsaicin to rat skin tissue.

Capsaicin-loaded dissolving microneedles (DMNs) were prepared to investigate the analgesic effect of capsaicin on the skin. The dimensions of each microneedle (MN) were as follows: diameter of the basement, 17 mm; length, 500 μm; and width, 300 μm. The average capsaicin content in the DMNs loaded with a low and high dose of capsaicin was 8.

Dissolving microneedles to obtain rapid local anesthetic effect of lidocaine at skin tissue.

Dissolving microneedles (DMs) were applied to lidocaine for local anesthesia of the skin. Three DM array chips were prepared where lidocaine was localized at the acral portion of DMs (type 1), loaded in whole DMs (type 2), and lidocaine was loaded both in whole DMs and the chip (type 3). DM chips were 15-mm diameter with 225 DMs, each 500-μm long with a 300-μm diameter base.