Topical anti-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) microbicides are being sought to reduce the spread of HIV type 1 (HIV-1) during sexual intercourse. The success of this strategy depends upon the selection of formulations compatible with the natural vaginal mucosal barrier. This study applied ex vivo-modeled human cervicovaginal epithelium to evaluate experimental solid-dosage forms of the anti-H...

The development of topical anti-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) microbicides may provide women with strategies to protect themselves against sexual HIV transmission. Pericoital drug delivery systems intended for use immediately before sex, such as microbicide gels, must deliver high drug doses for maximal effectiveness. The goal of achieving a high antiretroviral dose is complicated by the n...

Mucoadhesive delivery systems offer several advantages over other oral controlled release systems by virtue of prolongation of residence time of drug, its targeting, and localization of the dosage form at a specific site. These advantages include bypass of first pass metabolism of the drug and hence more concentration of the drug is available for absorption. Mucoadhesion occurs between two surf...

Lubrication plays a key role in successful manufacturing of pharmaceutical solid dosage forms; lubricants are essential ingredients in robust formulations to achieve this. Although many failures in pharmaceutical manufacturing operations are caused by issues related to lubrication, in general, lubricants do not gain adequate attention in the development of pharmaceutical formulations. In this p...

The present paper describes the utilization of high-pressure liquid chromatography for determination of Chlorhexidine in complex samples of dosage forms. Chromatographic separation was performed on a cyanopropyl column using acetate buffer in the mixture of water and acetonitrile ((pT = 2:3) as the mobile phase. The linear dependence of the peak size on concentration of Chlorhexidine in the ran...

a simple and sensitive high performance liquid chromatographic method with electrochemical detection is described for the quantitative determination of the amoxycillin and clavulanic acid in pharmaceutical dosage forms. separation of sample components occurs on a reversed phase c18 column with a mobile phase consisting of methanol-water-phosphate buffer. for the amperometric detection, the pote...

Mucoadhesion is a field of current interest in the design of drug delivery systems. Mucoadhesion is commonly defined as the adhesion between two materials, at least one of which is a mucosal surface. Mucoadhesive drug delivery system may be designed to enable prolonged residence time of the dosage form at the site of application or absorption and facilitate an intimate contact of the dosage for...