BACKGROUND AND THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY Sertraline hydrochloride is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor principally used in the treatment of major depressive disorder. To maintain the therapeutic plasma drug concentration of the drug for prolonged period, the transdermal drug delivery has been chosen as an alternative route of drug delivery. The pharmacokinetic properties of sertraline hyd...

Microcontainers, which are microfabricated cylindrical devices with a reservoir function, have shown promise as an oral drug delivery system for small molecular compounds. However, they never been evaluated against relevant control formulation. In the current study, we prepared microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) microspheres in vitro and vivo testing of SU-8 microcontainers system. Both dosage fo...

E-mail: [email protected] The objectives of the present investigation were: (1) to elucidate the effect of formulation variables e.g., amount of Eudragit RS 100, concentration of Tween 80 and agitation speed on in-vitro release profiles of indomethacin from multiparticulates system, formulated with the combination of ethyl cellulose and Eudragit RS 100 by using a novel quasi emulsion solve...

Hyaluronan-cisplatin conjugate nanoparticles (HCNPs) were chosen as colon-targeting drug-delivery carriers due to the observation that a variety of malignant tumors overexpress hyaluronan receptors. HCNPs were prepared by mixing cisplatin with a hyaluronan solution, followed by dialysis to remove trace elements. The cells treated with HCNPs showed significantly lower viability than those treate...

OBJECTIVE Development of liposomal mucoadhesive drug delivery system, which is able to improve the bioavailability of poorly absorbed oral drugs by prolonging their gastric and intestinal residence time, through facilitating the intimate contact of the delivery system with the absorption membrane. MATERIALS AND METHODS Liposomes containing model drug atenolol were prepared by the modified eth...

objective(s) the aim of this study was to investigate the possibility of production of ibuprofen pellets with high amount of rate retarding polymer by aid of peg400 as plasticizer. materials and methods polyethylene glycol (peg400) in concentrations of 1, 3 or 5% w/w with respect to eudragit rl was used in production of pellets containing 60% ibuprofen and 40% excipient (2% polyvinylpyrrolidone...

A novel experimental pHand time-dependent colonic drug delivery system was prepared and its in vitro and in vivo performances were evaluated. The colonic delivery system consists of minitablets with a big swelling capacity coated with an inlet retardant layer insoluble at all pH ranges but permeable (Eudragit RS 30D) and an outlet layer, insoluble and impermeable at acidic pH but easily soluble...

Objective(s) The aim of this study was to investigate the possibility of production of ibuprofen pellets with high amount of rate retarding polymer by aid of PEG400 as plasticizer. Materials and Methods Polyethylene glycol (PEG400) in concentrations of 1, 3 or 5% w/w with respect to Eudragit RL was used in production of pellets containing 60% ibuprofen and 40% excipient (2% polyvinylpyrrolid...