BACKGROUND The pharmacokinetics of vaginal misoprostol as a dry tablet or as a tablet moistened with normal saline or with acetic acid were studied. METHODS For this study, 42 women requesting termination of pregnancy at gestational age of <12 weeks were recruited and received 400 µg vaginal misoprostol tablets. They were randomized into three groups: (i) dry tablets, (ii) tablets moistened w...

In present study, mucoadhesive vaginal tablet of sertaconazole was designed using a combination of mucoadhesive polymers like Carbopol 934P, chitosan, carboxymethylcellulose sodium, sodium alginate, methyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose and hydroxypropyl cellulose. Effervescent was incorporated into formulations to enhance swellabilty of mucoadhesive tablet. For various drug-free form...

Hydrogel Based Metronidazole Bioadhesive Tablet (HMBT) was prepared as a novel vaginal delivery system to achieve Controlled release of drug from the tablet for vaginal candidiasis. The highly swollen hydrogel were prepared by dissolving chitosan in acetic acid solution containing drug, followed by neutralisation with sodium hydroxide and characterized by SEM, DSC and FT-IR and evaluated for % ...

Our study was conducted to assess the pharmacokinetics of natural progesterone administered in the novel formula of an effervescent vaginal tablet. Fifty post-menopausal women, with a median age of 43.5 years (range 28-55), volunteered to participate in the research. All women discontinued their hormonal replacement therapy 1 month prior to the study. The pharmacokinetics of 50 and 100 mg of pr...

BACKGROUND Vulvovaginal candidiasis (WC) is a bothersome disease in women. Poor compliance with the continuous use of antifungal vaginal drugs often results in treatment failure. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy, acceptability, and safety of single-dose sertaconazole vaginal tablet (500 mg) treatment compared with conventional 3-dose econazole vaginal tablet (150 mg) tr...

the present investigation was designed to formulate a natural tablet for the treatment of vaginal candidiasis in order to eliminate side effects that are caused by existing antifungal drugs. curcumin has promising antifungal activity in comparison with the existing azole antifungal drugs. bioadhesive curcumin vaginal tablets were prepared by direct compression with different ratios of biadhesiv...

hydrogel based metronidazole bioadhesive tablet (hmbt) was prepared as a novel vaginal delivery system to achieve controlled release of drug from the tablet for vaginal candidiasis. the highly swollen hydrogel were prepared by dissolving chitosan in acetic acid solution containing drug, followed by neutralisation with sodium hydroxide and characterized by sem, dsc and ft-ir and evaluated for % ...

introduction: many postmenopausal women who are on hormone replacement therapy discontinue medications due to vaginal bleeding. tibolone, a synthetic steroid, has minimal stimulatory effect on the endometrium. the aim of this study was to assess the effects of continuous hrt regimen and tibolone on the onset of vaginal bleeding and vaginal maturation value. materials and methods: a total of 150...