Microspheres can be tailored to provide targeted and/or sustained release in different parts of the body, including those of eye, nasal cavity, urinary, colon and gastrointestinal tract, thus offering the possibilities of localized as well as systemic controlled release of drugs. Prolonged release of drugs and a reduction in frequency of drug administration can highly improve the patient compli...

Slow release testosterone-loaded nanocapsules in alginate, biodegradable hydropolymer, were prepared by in situ nanoemulsion-polymer crosslinking approach. Different formulations varying in the drug loading solvent phase were prepared. Four different drug-loading solvents were assayed and the food grade hexane provided nanocapsules testosterone load of 30%. Testosterone loading was confirmed by...

Sustained release tablets of isoniazid were fabricated using guar gum and carbapol, Tragacanth Gum and PEG-6000, in different proportion and combinations by direct compression technique, Bulk density, tapped density, compressibility index, Hausner ratio before being punched as tablets. The tablets were evaluated for physical characteristic like hardness, weight variation, friability, and drug c...

Oral drug delivery is most preferred route of drug delivery. Novel technologies with improved performance, patient compliance, and enhanced quality have emerged in the recent past. Sustained release dosage forms aimed at controlling the rate of release as well as maintaining desire drug level in the blood for long duration. An oral suspension could be the best suitable dosage form for geriatric...

Abstract Ketotifen fumarate is a non-bronchodilator anti-asthmatic drug which inhibits the effects of certain endogenous substances known to be inflammatory mediators, and thereby exerts antiallergic activity. The present study describes the formulation of a sustained release nanoparticle (NP) drug delivery system containing ketotifen, using poly (D,L lactide-co-glycolide acid) (PLGA). Biodegra...

Abstract Ketotifen fumarate is a non-bronchodilator anti-asthmatic drug which inhibits the effects of certain endogenous substances known to be inflammatory mediators, and thereby exerts antiallergic activity. The present study describes the formulation of a sustained release nanoparticle (NP) drug delivery system containing ketotifen, using poly (D,L lactide-co-glycolide acid) (PLGA). Biodegra...