HOW TRANSDERMALS WORK

 When a pain medication is taken orally, it is absorbed in the stomach and circulated throughout the entire body. It is then metabolized by the liver and excreted by the kidneys.  A fairly high dose has to be given to produce adequate drug levels at the site of the pain.

 When coupled with a proper vehicle in a transdermal compounds, that same pain medication can provide high levels of the drug at the pain site and relatively low circulating levels throughout the rest of the body.  Some studies have shown that transdermal compounds produce higher levels of pain reliever at the pain site and much lower levels throughout the body when compared to oral medications, resulting in less side-effects. To go back click here.

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