8Pain is a prevalent condition that can have a serious impact upon the socioeconomic function of a population.
9Numerous methods exist to administer analgesic medication (e.g. aspirin) to the body however inherent 10 drawbacks limit patient acceptability. The inhaled route offers promise to facilitate the administration of 11 medication to the body. Here, we consider the crystallisation behaviour of aspirin, our model therapeutic 12 agent, when in contact with material of relevance to the lung. Thus, our approach aims to better understand 13 the interaction between drug substances and the respiratory tract. Langmuir monolayers composed of a 14 mixed surfactant system were supported on an aqueous subphase containing aspirin (7.5mg/ml). The
27Inhaled drug delivery, Langmuir monolayers, aspirin, antisolvent crystallisation, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and 28 scanning electron microscopy (SEM).