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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-2-1
pubmed:abstractText
Low-frequency ultrasound (US) applied to skin (sonophoresis) has been investigated to enhance the transdermal transport of various drugs. Histamine is usually used in allergy investigations. We aimed to investigate, in a randomized study, the transdermal penetration of histamine with sonophoresis. Ten subjects were included. Their right forearm was divided into three zones, which were randomly assigned a treatment: no US, US(1) (I(1)=2.72 W/cm(2)), US(2) (I(2)=3.50 W/cm(2)). The primary outcome was area of induced papule, which revealed histamine penetration. Secondary outcomes were echographic measurement of papule (skin thickness) and pruritus. Measurements were taken immediately after US application and after 30 min, 2 h and 24 h. Arm zones without US application showed no papules induced by histamine; 9/10 subjects receiving US showed papules. Their mean size increased with increased intensity of US but not significantly. The skin thickness increased with US. Pruritus occurred in 7/10 cases after US and histamine. The adverse events were skin erythema, pain and tinnitus. Though this study included a few number of patients, it confirms that sonophoresis enhances skin penetration of histamine. This technology could be used at therapeutic levels: histamine could be used with sonophoresis as a positive control in allergy testing instead of prick tests, which involve skin disruption with a lancet.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1873-3476
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
29
pubmed:volume
385
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
37-41
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19837146-Administration, Cutaneous, pubmed-meshheading:19837146-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:19837146-Allergens, pubmed-meshheading:19837146-Drug Delivery Systems, pubmed-meshheading:19837146-Equipment Design, pubmed-meshheading:19837146-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19837146-Histamine, pubmed-meshheading:19837146-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19837146-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19837146-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19837146-Pain, pubmed-meshheading:19837146-Pain Measurement, pubmed-meshheading:19837146-Permeability, pubmed-meshheading:19837146-Phonophoresis, pubmed-meshheading:19837146-Pruritus, pubmed-meshheading:19837146-Skin, pubmed-meshheading:19837146-Skin Absorption, pubmed-meshheading:19837146-Skin Tests, pubmed-meshheading:19837146-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:19837146-Ultrasonics
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Efficiency of low-frequency ultrasound sonophoresis in skin penetration of histamine: a randomized study in humans.
pubmed:affiliation
Université François Rabelais Tours, France. annabel-maruani@wanadoo.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't