Development of microspheres is a promising technology for controlled release and drug targeting. Various types such as bio-adhesive, magnetic, floating, radioactive polymeric are developed various purposes. Microspheres occupied central place in novel delivery. There departments medicine like cancer, pulmonary, cardiology, radiology, gynecology, oncology etc., where numerous drugs used delivere...

The objective of this investigation was to develop the hollow microspheres as a new dosage form of floating drug delivery system with prolonged stomach retention time. Hollow microspheres containing ranitidine hydrochloride were prepared by solvent evaporation method using Eudragit RLPO dissolved in a mixture of dichloromethane and ethanol. The maximum yield and drug loading amount of hollow mi...

Eudragit E 100 and polycaprolactone (PCL) floating microspheres for enhanced gastric retention and drug release were successfully prepared by oil in water solvent evaporation method. Metronidazole benzoate, an anti-protozoal drug, was used as a model drug. Polyvinyl alcohol was used as an emulsifier. The prepared microspheres were observed for % recovery, % degree of hydration, % water uptake, ...

The present study involves preparation and evaluation of floating microspheres with cimetidine as model drug for prolongation of gastric residence time. The microspheres were prepared by the solvent evaporation method using polymers hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose and ethyl cellulose. The shape and surface morphology of prepared microspheres were characterized by optical and scanning electron mic...

The objective of the present study was to develop floating microsphere of norfloxacin in order to achieve an extended retention in the upper GIT which may enhance the absorption and improve the bioavailability. The microspheres were prepared by solvent evaporation method using different ratio of hydroxyl propyl methyl cellulose (HPMC K4M, HPMC K15M) and ethyl cellulose with drug in the mixture ...

Oral gastroretentative dosage forms offer many advantages for drugs having absorption from upper gastrointestinal tract and improve the bioavailability of medication that is characterized by narrow absorption window. The purpose of present study was to formulate and develop a new gastroretentative controlled release diffusion of furosemide from the cellulose acetate floating microspheres. Furos...

The purpose of writing this review on Hollow microspheres is to compile the recent literature with special focus on the principal mechanism of floatation to achieve gastric retention. Hollow microsphere promises to be a potential approach for gastric retention. The recent developments of FDDS including approaches to design single-unit and multiple-unit floating systems, mechanism of floating mi...

Objective: The main purpose of this study is to prepare a floating micro articulated drug delivery system of ciprofloxacin by using non-aqueous solvent evaporation technique to increase the bioavailability and therapeutic effectiveness of the drug by prolonging its gastric residence time. Methods: Floating microparticles were prepared by using different low-density polymers such as ethyl cellul...

Microspheres are multiparticulate drug delivery systems which are prepared to obtain prolonged or controlled drug delivery to improve bioavailability, stability and to target the drug to specific site at a predetermined rate. They are made from polymeric waxy or other protective materials such as natural, semi synthetic and synthetic polymers. Microspheres are characteristically free flowing po...