University of Southern California School of Pharmacy

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED 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. Davies¹

¹Titus 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.

Medicine

Murine Drinking Models in the Development of Pharmacotherapies for Alcoholism: Drinking in the Dark and Two-bottle Choice

Nhat Huynh^*1, Natalie M Arabian^*1, Liana Asatryan¹, Daryl L Davies¹

¹Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Economics & Policy, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California

Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is a major national health problem and the development of more effective treatments is required to offset the needs of this patient population. To this end, the following protocol utilizes two simple rodent drinking models to assess the preclinical efficacy of lead anti-alcohol compounds.