Articles by Natalie Arabian in JoVE

• Medicine

  
  Utilizing an Orally Dissolving Strip for Pharmacological and Toxicological Studies: A Simple and Humane Alternative to Oral Gavage for Animals Nhat Huynh*¹, Natalie Arabian*¹, Dustin Lieu¹, Liana Asatryan¹, Daryl L. Davies^{1 1}Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Economics & Policy, University of Southern California School of Pharmacy The following protocol describes a novel method for chronic oral drug administration using an orally dissolving strip (ODS) in lieu of the more commonly used oral gavage method. We demonstrate that preclinical, oral drug delivery using the ODS method represents a safe, convenient, and humane alternative to oral gavage.