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Swellable elementary osmotic pump (SEOP): An effective device for delivery of poorly water- soluble drugs

Shokri, Javad, Ahmadi, Parinaz, Rashaidi, Parisa, Shahsavari, Mahbobeh, Rajabi-Siahboomi, Ali, Nokhodchi, Ali (2008) Swellable elementary osmotic pump (SEOP): An effective device for delivery of poorly water- soluble drugs. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 68 (2). pp. 289-297. ISSN 0939-6411. (doi:10.1016/j.ejpb.2007.06.006) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:9311)

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Abstract

A new type of elementary osmotic pump (EOP) tablet for efficient delivery of poorly water-soluble/practically insoluble drugs has been designed. Drug release from the system, called swellable elementary osmotic pump (SEOP), is through a delivery orifice in the form of a very fine dispersion ready for dissolution and absorption. SEOP tablets were prepared by compressing the mixture of micronized drug and excipients into convex tablets. Factors affecting the release of drug from the SEOP tablets containing a poorly water-soluble drug, indomethacin, have been explored. The release behaviour of indomethacin from different formulations of this dosage form was studied at pH 6.8 for a period of 24 h. The formulations were compared based on four comparative parameters, namely, D24h (total release after 24 h), tL (lag time), RSQzero (R square of zero order equation) and D%zero (percentage deviation from zero order kinetics).

The drug release profile from osmotic devices showed that the type of polymer in the core formulation can markedly affect the drug release. The results showed that concentration of wetting agent in the core formulation was a very important parameter in D24h and release pattern of indomethacin from SEOP system. Increasing the amount of wetting agent to an optimum level (60 mg) significantly

increased D24h and improved zero order release pattern of indomethacin. Increasing concentration of caster oil (hydrophobic) in the semipermeable membrane of the device or hydrophilic plasticizer (glycerin) in coating formulation markedly increased tL and decreased

D24h. The results also demonstrated that aperture size is a critical parameter and should be optimized for each SEOP system. Optimum aperture diameter for the formulations studied here was determined to be 650 lm for zero order release pattern. tL and D%zero were dramatically

decreased whereas D24h and RSQzero increased with increasing the aperture size to optimum level. This study also revealed that optimization of semipermeable membrane thickness is very important for approaching zero order kinetics.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2007.06.006
Additional information: Research Paper
Uncontrolled keywords: Controlled drug delivery; Indomethacin; SEOP; Zero order release; Lag time
Subjects: Q Science
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Medway School of Pharmacy
Depositing User: Ali Nokhodchi
Date Deposited: 15 Apr 2009 12:37 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:47 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/9311 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Nokhodchi, Ali.

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