A new oral dosage form for controlled and complete release of drug after a predetermined lag time is described. The system, designed to exploit the relatively constant small intestine transit time, consists of a drug-containing core coated with a polymeric matrix formed by a channeling agent (NaCl, mannitol, and Emdex) and an inert polymer (Eudragit RS100). The lag time was found to be dependent on type and particle size of the channeling substances used. Also, rheological properties of the binary mixtures (channeling substance–polymer) can affect the lag time periods. On the other hand, the release kinetics were found to be influenced significantly by excipient type and particle size. Results obtained from in vitro dissolution testing demonstrated that this device potentially could be used to deliver drugs orally for up to once-a-day dosing at controllable rates. 相似文献
Context: The SeDeM expert system is based on the experimental study and quantitative determination of the characterization parameters of powdered substances, the aim being to determine whether a substance is suitable for producing tablets by means of direct compression (DC) technology, thereby reducing the lead time for pre-formulation studies. Additionally, this expert system also provides formulations with a minimum number of excipients.
Objective: We used this system to analyze suitable formulas for the production of orodispersible ibuprofen tablets.
Method: Twenty-one disintegrants and ibuprophen were characterized using SeDeM methodology.
Results: The results indicated that production of ibuprofen tablets by DC would require improvements in the dimension and compressibility factors of the active pharmaceutical ingredient. The expert system analysis provided the specific percentage of disintegrant needed to blend with ibuprofen and a standardized formula of lubricants in order to obtain a powder mix that would successfully produce tablets by DC. The eight formulas proposed by SeDeM were produced and tested in the laboratory.
Conclusion: All eight formulas successfully produced tablets by DC, but only four of them could be considered suitable for use as an orodispersible tablet and accomplishes all the pharmaceutical quality parameters. So, in fact, the use of the SeDeM system reduced the time of medicine’s development and therefore the cost of the activity. 相似文献
The proposed work aims at analyzing the quality perceived by the user when streaming video on tablet devices. The contributions of this paper are: (i) to analyze the results of subjective quality assessments to determine which Quality of Service (QoS) parameters mainly affect the users’ Quality of Experience (QoE) in video streaming over tablet devices; (ii) to define a parametric quality model useful in system control and optimization for the considered scenarios; (iii) to compare the performance of the proposed model with subjective quality results obtained in alternative state-of-the-art studies and investigate whether other models could be applied to our case and vice versa. 相似文献
The aim of this study is to investigate the functional characteristics (mechanical strength and disintegration time) of effervescent
detergent tablets containing chlorine provider in the presence of surfactant. A preliminary study high-lighted that the presence
of 2% of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) was not favorable to the tablet mechanical properties, inducing a lower “bonding ability,”
whereas the disintegration time increased, compared with the reference tablets without surfactant. The linear relationship
between the disintegration time and the end-dissolution time led us to consider just the disintegration time to express the
behavior of the tablets in water. A parametric study has been completed to assess the influence of the mixing method, the
nature, the hydrophilic-lipophilic balance, the granulometry, and the concentration of the surfactant on the tablet properties.
In all cases, surfactant presented adverse effects on the mechanical properties and had a retarding effect on disintegration
time, but neither solubility, hydrophilic-lipophilic balance, interfacial properties, nor ionic character could be clearly
involved to explain surfactant contribution. Furthermore, tablet dissolution could not be correlated to surfactant available
surface, as evidenced by granulometry comparison on one side and concentration impact on the other side (a similar effect
was observed from 1 to 15%). On the contrary, mechanical properties were damaged as much as the area developed by surfactant
particles increased. On the basis of this work, it has been concluded that SDS interacts with the other compounds of the formula
by creating weak interparticle bonds and limiting water uptake responsible for disintegration. 相似文献
Lubrication of the tooling (punches and dies) is necessary to produce tablets. The most commonly used lubricant is magnesium stearate. Adding and blending magnesium stearate to the tablet mass often has negative effects on the properties of the compressed tablets (e.g., decreasing the tensile strength of the tablet). To avoid these negative effects, external lubrication systems were developed. This study investigated the functionality and the influence of a new press chamber coating system called the PKB II. The major difference between the PKB II and previous systems is its ability to spray a mixture of powdered magnesium stearate and air directly onto the punches and dies which was determined to allow the running of the rotor at higher speeds. The data showed a clear correlation between the spray rate of the lubricant and the concentration of the magnesium stearate per tablet. The PKB II was designed to allow for adjustments, in order to optimize the spray rate, by using the ejection force. The concentration of magnesium stearate was reduced to approximately 0.04% per tablet, using the PKB II. Additionally, the most common negative effects, such as the decrease in tablet tensile strength, were avoided by using this system. 相似文献