Question
Posted on: May 5 2017How can I make a solution with Methoxypsoralen for bathing hands and feet for PUVA?
Dermatologist prescribes ' Methoxypsoralen liquid ' of which 0.9 ml in 1.5 L of water must be done to bathe hands and feet for PUVA for 15 minutes. No concentration is known, even by the physician. In This question box already found that you are best a mixture acetone: ethanol 1:9 used for extraction of 8-MOP from Mopsoralen. But then what is the concentration and how do we prepare this best?
Answer
Regarding the concentration this is shown in the following article:
PUVA therapy for psoriasis: Comparison of oral and bath-water delivery of 8-MethoxypsoralenThe hands should be bathed in a bath of 1.5 litres. The prescription stated that 0.9 ml of the prepared liquid should be added to the Be. We can finish this better at 1 ml. The final concentration should be 4 mg/1 litre (or 6 mg/1.5 L)
a tablet of Mopsoralen contains 10 mg per tablet. After fine rubbing the tablet, 8-MOP can be extracted with a mixture acetone-ethanol 1:9. Eighteen tablets are crushed and the powder is topped in a beaker with 20 ml of a mixture of acetone-ethanol 1:9. A magnetic stirrer is placed In the beaker before it is covered with a watch glass. The beaker is placed on a magnetic plate at a temperature of approximately 35 ° C for 20 minutes. After that, the contents of the beaker are filtered in a dimensionciinder. Beaker and residue is washed with 10 ml of the mixture of acetone-methanol. The same liquid mixture is placed on a volume of 30 ml. this way you theoretically get 6 mg per ml. The patient brings 1 ml of this solution in 1.5 liters of water. This corresponds to 4 mg/litre, or after possible losses we reach 3.6 to 3.7 mg/liter.