gastric emptying is a complex and extremely variable process. this causes the unpredictability of the bioavailability of drug delivery systems. gastro retentive drug delivery systems (grdds)s have received significant interest in the past decades as they can overcome the limitation of conventional oral controlled release drug delivery systems related to fast gastric emptying time. an optimum gr...

nowadays, environment-sensitive smart drug delivery systems have found diverse applications in pharmaceutical science and technology. these systems can respond to the environment stimuli such as temperature, pressure, ph, light, electrical and magnetical fields and etc. they can release the proper amount of drug in human body. among these systems, special attention and much research works have ...

Conventional transdermal drug delivery systems (TDDS) have been designed for drug delivery through the skin. These systems use the permeability property of stratum corneum, the outermost surface layer of the skin. Applying polymeric micro and nanofibers in drug delivery has recently attracted great attention and the electrospinning technique is the preferred method for polymeric micro-nanofiber...

Novel drug delivery systems for controlled-release of opioid agonists as a long time painkillers or opioid antagonists for opium, heroin, and alcohol addiction are under development or in clinical use today. In this article, the field of “new drug delivery systems” is momentarily reviewed from the viewpoint of the marketed opioid agonists/antagonists dosage forms today.

for prolonging the time that drug remains in stomach, new methods used as floating drug delivery systems, that available in various forms such as floating tablets. these systems enhance drug absorption and decrease plasma concentration fluctuations. iron deficiency and its inadequate absorption in diet are of community health problems. for prolonging the time that drug remains in stomach, new m...

microspheres formulated from poly (d,l-lactic-co-glycolide) (plga), a biodegradable polymer, have been extensively evaluated as a drug delivery system. in this study, the preparation, characterization and drug release properties of the plga microspheres were evaluated. simvastatin (sim)-loaded plga microspheres were prepared by oil-in-water emulsion/solvent evaporation method. the microspheres ...

delivery of exogenous materials such as nucleic acids, peptides, proteins, and drugs into cells is an important strategy in modern cellular and molecular biology. recently, the development of gene carriers for efficient gene transfer into cells has attracted a great attention. furthermore, lack of effective drug delivery is one of the major problems of cancer chemotherapy. many physical methods...