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ReviewSaudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society2021

Autoinjector - A smart device for emergency cum personal therapy.

Anitha Roy, Royapuram Veeraragavan Geetha, Anitha Magesh, Rajagopalan Vijayaraghavan, Veerasamy Ravichandran

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Review in Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Anitha RoyDepartment of Pharmacology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Royapuram Veeraragavan GeethaDepartment of Microbiology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Anitha MageshDepartment of Research and Development, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Rajagopalan VijayaraghavanDepartment of Research and Development, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Veerasamy RavichandranPharmaceutical Chemistry Unit, Faculty of Pharmacy, AIMST University, Semeling-08100, Bedong, Malaysia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autoinjectors are self-injectable devices; they are important class of medical devices which can deliver drugs through subcutaneous or intramuscular route. They enclose prefilled syringes or cartridges which are driven by a spring system. The major benefits of this device are easy self-administration, improved patient compliance, reduced anxiety, and dosage accuracy. Immediate treatment during emergency conditions such as anaphylaxis, migraine, and status epilepticus or for chronic conditions like psoriasis, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis, Reformulation of first-generation biologics, technical advancements, innovative designs, patient compliance, overwhelming interest for self-administration all these made entry of more and more autoinjectors into use. In this review, intensive efforts have been made for exploring the different types of currently available autoinjectors for the management of emergency and chronic diseases.

Indexed as

AutoinjectorChronic diseasesEmergency conditionMedical device

Identifiers

PMID34703373
PMCPMC8523323

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