A NOVEL FLOATING DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Pharmacy (IRJP) - Year 2012, Vol 3, Issue 8
Abstract
Drugs with narrow absorption window in the gastrointestinal tract have poor absorption. Therefore, gastroretentive drug delivery systems (GRDDS) have been developed, which prolong the gastric emptying time. Several techniques such as floating drug delivery system, low density systems, raft systems, mucoadhesive systems, high density systems, superporous hydrogels and magnetic systems, have been employed. Floating drug delivery systems have a bulk density less than gastric fluids and so, remain buoyant in the stomach for a prolonged period of time, releasing the drug slowly at the desired rate from the system. Dosage forms available as gastric floating systems include tablets, capsules, granules and microspheres. Floating system has been considered as one of the imperative categories of drug delivery system gastric retentive behaviour. The recent developments of FDDS including the physiological and formulation variables affecting gastric retention, approaches to design single-unit and multiple-unit floating systems, and their classification and formulation aspects are covered in detail. This review also summarizes the in vitro techniques, in vivo studies to evaluate the performance and application of floating systems, and applications of these systems.
Authors and Affiliations
Neeraj Kumar , S. K. Niranjan , R Irchhaiya , Sanjay Vishwakarma , Ali Akhtar
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