Santyl Pharmacology, Pharmacokinetics, Studies, Metabolism - Collagenase

Santyl Pharmacology, Pharmacokinetics, Studies, Metabolism - Collagenase

CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY

Since collagen accounts for 75% of the dry weight of skin tissue, the ability of collagenase to digest collagen in the physiological pH and temperature range makes it particularly effective in the removal of detritus.¹ Collagenase thus contributes towards the formation of granulation tissue and subsequent epithelization of dermal ulcers and severely burned areas. ^2-6 Collagen in healthy tissue or in newly formed granulation tissue is not attacked. ^2-8 There is no information available on collagenase absorption through skin or its concentration in body fluids associated with therapeutic and/or toxic effects, degree of binding to plasma proteins, degree of uptake by a particular organ or in the fetus, and passage across the blood brain barrier.