Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy · 2008 · 20 citations · 14 references
PharmacyPharmaceuticsPharmacologyDrug DeliveryOral Drug DeliveryPharmaceutical FormulationDrug Delivery SystemsDrug FormulationDrug Release From Dosage FormsEmulsion FormulationMultiparticulate Dosage FormsTablet FormulationBuoyancyCentral Composite DesignsDependent VariablesEmulsification-solvent DiffusionEmulsion-based Delivery SystemsGastroretentive Drug DeliveryIndependent VariablesSolvent Diffusion
The objective of this study was to optimize floating microballoons of famotidine by the emulsion solvent diffusion technique using central composite design. Formulations F1-F15 were prepared using three independent variables (pH of medium, drug: Eudragit S100 ratio and ethanol : dichloromethane ratio) and evaluated for dependent variables (shape, percentage buoyancy, and encapsulation). The optimized formulation F9 was fractionated and a polymer combination of (Eudragit S100 : Eudragit L100-55, 9.5:0.5) resulted in microballoons that exhibited zero order release (94.73%) with 84.20% buoyancy at the end of the eighth hour when studied in the mesh-designed modified USP type II apparatus.
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