Mechanochemical activation is a practical cogrinding operation used to obtain a solid dispersion of a poorly water soluble drug through changes in the solid state molecular aggregation of drug-carrier mixtures and the formation of noncovalent interactions (hydrogen bonds) between two crystalline solids such as a soluble carrier, lactose, and a poorly soluble drug, indomethacin, in order to impr...

Solubility and dissolution rate of drugs are of major importance in pre-formulation studies of pharmaceutical dosage forms. The solubility improvement allows the drugs to be potential biowaiver candidates and may be a good way to develop more dose-efficient formulations. Solubility behaviour of lamivudine, stavudine and zidovudine in individual solvents (under pH range of 1.2 to 7.5) was studie...

Orally administered drugs completely absorb only when they show fair solubility in gastric medium and shows good bioavailability. The solubility properties of drug play an important role in the process of formulation developments. Problem of solubility can be solved by different approaches. Each approach suffers with some limitations and advantages. Among all, complexation techinque has been em...

Oral delivery of poorly water-soluble compounds is often a substantial challenge. Once a drug candidate is selected, it is desirable to predict, based on chemical structure, which formulation technology has the highest potential to enhance drug solubility and absorption. Due to the importance of amorphous drug formulations, this work aimed at calculating the solubility ratio of amorphous and cr...

The solubility enhancement of poorly soluble compounds is an important task in pharmaceutical technology as it leads to better bioavailability and a more efficient application. Fused dispersions (FDs) of simvastatin (SIM) using PEO-PPO block copolymer were prepared which paved the way for the formation of an amorphous product with enhanced dissolution and bioavailability. The accumulative solub...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to compare the physicochemical characteristics, solubility, dissolution, and oral bioavailability of an ezetimibe-loaded solid self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery system (SNEDDS), surface modified solid dispersion (SMSD), and solvent evaporated solid dispersion (SESD) to identify the best drug delivery system with the highest oral bioavailability. MET...

Flunarizine is a selective calcium entry blocker poorly water-soluble. In this report, the interactions of this drug with polyvinylpyrrolidone in solid dispersions, prepared according to the dissolution method using methanol as the solvent, have been investigated. For purposes of comparison physical mixtures were prepared by simple mixture and homogeneization of the two pulverized components. C...

Poor solubility of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) is a great challenge for the pharmaceutical industry and, hence, drug nanocrystals are widely studied as one solution to overcome these solubility problems. Drug nanocrystals have comparatively simple structures which make them attractive for the formulation for poorly soluble drugs, and their capability to improve the dissolution in v...

Solid dispersions in water-soluble carriers have attracted considerable interest as a means of improving the dissolution rate, and hence possibly bioavailability, of a range of hydrophobic drugs. The poor solubility of carvedilol leads to poor dissolution and hence variation in bioavailability. The purpose of the present investigation was to increase the solubility and dissolution rate of carve...