A liquisolid orodispersible tablet of felodipine, a BCS Class II drug, was developed to improve drug dissolution and absorption through the buccal mucosa for management of hypertensive crisis. A 24 full-factorial design was applied to optimize felodipine liquisolid systems (FLSs) having acceptable flow properties and possessing enhanced drug dissolution rates. Four formulation variables; The li...

To evaluate the renal tubular effects of felodipine in a low (1.25-mg) and a high (10-mg) dose, lithium clearance was measured and related to renal hemodynamics in 10 healthy volunteers. After felodipine (1.25 mg), mean blood pressure decreased 4 mm Hg and heart rate increased 4 beats per minute. GFR and renal hemodynamics were unaltered. Natriuresis and diuresis increased and lithium clearance...

Four methods were developed for simultaneous determination of metoprolol and felodipine without previous separation. In the first method both drugs were determined using first derivative UV spectrophotometry, with zero crossing measurement at 222 and 235 nm for metoprolol and felodipine, respectively. The second method depends on first derivative of the ratios spectra by measurements of the amp...

Aim. Dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers (CCB) are widely preferred for the treatment of hypertension for their efficacy, metabolic neutrality and low side effect profile. However pedal edema formation limits their usage. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the incidence of pedal edema formation with a different dihydropyridine CCB in hypertensive patients who developed pedal edema...

Felodipine is a calcium-channel blocker with low aqueous solubility and bioavailability. Lipid dosage forms are attractive delivery systems for such hydrophobic drug molecules. Nanoemulsion (NE) one of the popular methods that has been used to solve dispersibility problems many drugs. was formulated as NE utilizing oleic acid an oil phase, tween 80 60 surfactants ethanol co-surfactant. Eight fo...

UNLABELLED STUDY OBJECTIVES AND PATIENTS: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is common in COPD and may predict mortality in this disorder. We have compared the pulmonary vasodilator effects, dose-response characteristics, and tolerability of two calcium channel blockers, amlodipine and extended-release (ER) felodipine, in 10 patients (seven men, age 68+/-4.8 [SD] years) with clinically stable COPD and...

OBJECTIVES Coronary venous retroinfusion (CVR) has been used experimentally in large animals for selective drug delivery into ischaemic myocardium. It would be an advantage if CVR could also be used in isolated perfused rat heart models. The aim of the present paper is to develop a regional ischaemic model in the isolated perfused rat heart combined with CVR. METHOD Pharmacokinetic study: The...

felodipine is a second generation calcium channel blocker widely used as antihypertensive and antianginal drug which belongs to bcs class ii category. hence, its low water solubility limits the pharmacological effect. the aim of this study was to improve the dissolution rate of felodipine using spherical agglomeration technique with acetone, water and dichloromethane as good solvent, poor solve...

Eleven patients, with advanced chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD), received an infusion of the calcium antagonist felodipine at a rate of 0.9 mg/h. Pulmonary and systemic vascular resistances (PVR and SVR) at rest were reduced by 18% (p less than 0.05) and 33% (p less than 0.001), respectively. Cardiac output increased by 33%. The right ventricular and left ventricular ejection fractions (...

Poor aqueous solubility is a major hindrance to oral delivery of many emerging drugs. Supersaturated drug solutions can improve passive absorption across the gastrointestinal tract membrane as long as crystallization can be inhibited, enhancing the delivery of such poorly soluble therapeutics. Polymers can inhibit crystallization and prolong supersaturation; therefore, it is desirable to unders...