Kinetic Modeling to Explain the Release of Medicine from Drug Delivery Systems

Abstract

Abstract Proper medication dissolution must be ensured when developing or manufacturing a new solid dosage form. Quantitative analyses performed in dissolution or release tests become simpler when applying mathematical formulae which represent dissolution outcomes as a function of several dosage form properties. Methodologies utilized to examine the kinetics of drug release from controlled‐release formulations are reviewed. The analysis of variance was conducted using statistical, model‐independent, and ‐dependent techniques for the dissolution profile comparison and fitting, respectively. Model equations, including zero‐ and first‐order, Hixson‐Crowell, Weibull, Higuchi, Korsmeyer‐Peppas, Baker‐Lonsdale, Hopfenberg, etc., were employed to match the experimental data. Additional release parameters were taken to illustrate the drug release patterns. Using correlation factors and the Akaike information criterion (AIC), the best‐fitting model was discovered, as were the transport phenomena affecting the behavior of the recognized formulations.