Microspheres
There are many new ways that are currently being used to improve the oral bioavailability of protein therapeutics. One way is to create microspheres of the product. This can increase bioavailability of the oral route. There are some drugs that are have microsphere technology but no FDA approved oral microspheres peptides. There are a few drug products that have been microencapsulated, Micro-K, Raloxifene Hydrochloride, and insulin. The Micro-K is an FDA approved drug product and it provides an extended release oral dosage form that some patients prefer. It releases potassium slowly in the GI tract like other extended release forms.
Raloxifene Hydrochloride is an estrogen agonist/antagonist. Raloxifene acts like an estrogen
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There are a two main problems with peptide orally delivery with respect to liposomes. The first is can we get the liposomes in to the body through the GI track. Liposome are great at holding on to small drug molecules and have to be given with a needle. There is Abelcet and Marqibo for example are for invasive fungal infection and acute lymphoblastic leukemia respectively. There an epidural suspension that can be given for post-operative pain management. The uptake of liposomes from the GI track of current formulation is very poor. As mentions before there is harsh acids and enzymes that help human break down food can break the liposomes down. A second problem with the Gi is the mucus that is on the walls. Mucus is composed of water and other protein and salts and can be a barrier to lipophilic liposomes. To increase absorption of these liposomes though the mucus layer a new method involving Pluronic F127. Pluronic F127 is a hydrophilic non-ionic surfactant. That can increase penetration up to 700%. Once through the mucus layer intestinalcell can up take the liposomes and increase systemic …show more content…
It consist of a dry power, a holding chamber and the inhaler device. The dry powder is unit dosed for stability and ease of use. There is no need for refrigeration. After loading the chamber with the powder one inhalation occurs. The performance of Exubera is effective and well tolerated with most patients. It provides glycemic control that is similar to subcutaneous injections of insulin. Its market failings are mainly due an early market withdraw and poor economic benefit for Pfizer. The problems with Exubera go further though. There was very strict guideline, cost, and bulkiness of the device. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence made strong recommendation for the use of Exubera. Their guidelines stated that only patients with a phobia of needles should use this product. This hurt the pool of eligible patient because many patients preferred to not use needles if they don’t have to. The price of Exubera is out of most people’s price range. Compared to the cost of needles and pen needles the inhaler device is very expensive. The device does not fit in a pocket or nicely in a purse. With all of this down fall and the early with drawl Exubera
For example, diverse structures can be gained upon dehydration of the hydrocolloid making. These structures can be customized by the ventilation conditions and formulation making. (Katzung 2004 160-240)Structural characteristics for example porosity might influence the diffusion rate of liquid into the making and thus adjust the release prototype of the drug. Additionally, hydrocolloid-formulation grounding procedures are usually fairly easy and the cost of such materials is small. Diltiazem hydrochloride is a calcium antagonist used to moderate systemic hypertension. Antiarrhythmic effects of the drug control the ventricular response to atrial fibrillation and flutter. This mix is also used for the handling of steady and unbalanced angina pectoris. Although most of the administered drug dose is absorbed (90%), its bioavailability only reaches 3065% because of a high first-pass effect, mainly in the liver and the gastrointestinal tract. (Zohar et al 2004 249-58)Diltiazem hydrochloride has a short plasma half life of 34 h1 and should be taken three to four times a day. Consequently, controlled/sustained-release mixtures for diltiazem hydrochloride are desirable. The objectives of this study were to formulate and characterize dried carriers based on alginate, agarose, and gellan that contain fillers (talc, kaolin, calcium carbonate, potato starch, and corn starch) and diltiazem hydrochloride. (Panchgnula and Thomas 2000 131-50) These fillers are sold as powders and
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Therefore the systemic delivery of protein or peptide biologics requires the parental route of administration through subcutaneous injections, but there are multiple problems with this method of drug delivery. For systemic absorption, intact drug molecules must pass from the administration site through or between the intestinal epithelial cells to the general circulation and the target site (Lee et al.,
Rapid-acting analogs have different amino acid structure than that of human insulin. This causes decrease in hexameric insulin formation after injection into the subcutaneous space. Furthermore there is rapid dissolution of insulin into monomers, rapid insulin absorption into the bloodstream and a shorter duration of action. In vivo studies have found that, rapid-acting insulin analogs have identical potency compared to regular human insulin and higher peak concentrations are achieved . Compared to regular insulin, the rapid-acting insulin analogs lead to less postprandial hyperglycemia and less late postprandial hypoglycemia. Injection of rapid-acting insulin analogs, 15-20 minutes before meal leads to maximal
For medicine research, we can use the technique of microdosing to give small, non harmful amounts to people and study the affects it has on the body. This is a more effective, cheaper and less time consuming way.
As the years go on medicine and drugs are advancing faster than ever. With longer life spans, new illness, diseases, and medical complications it has become a vitality for doctors and scientists to understand more efficient ways to deliver needed drugs. On this path, one of the major obstruction is how quickly a drug become active in the body, or is released from whatever form it is exposed to the body. “Research in the area of controlled drug delivery systems has become increasingly important, due to the advantages in safety, efficacy, and patient convenience that these long-acting systems provide.” [1]
Oral controlled release and site specific drug delivery system has been of great interest in pharmaceutical field to achieve improved therapeutic advantage. Drug absorption in the gastrointestinal tract is a highly variable procedure and prolonging gastric retention of the dosage form extends the time for drug absorption. Gastro retentive drug delivery system is one of such novel approaches to prolong gastric residence time, thereby targeting site specific drug release in the stomach for local or systemic effects. This approach is useful particularly for the drugs which have narrow absorption window in the upper part of gastro intestinal tract. Various approaches of gastro retentive drug delivery system, such as floating and non-floating, have been discussed in this review. This review also gives an overview of merits, demerits and evaluation parameters of gastro retentive system.
About 70% of the new chemcial ntities are recognized as poorly water-soluble about 40% of commercially available immediate-release oral formulations are recognized as practically insoluble in water (Kawabata et al., 2001). Therefore, several potentially promising drug candidtates were rejected as pharmaceutical products due to ther poor solubilitty in GI fluid, poor dissolution in GI tract, low systemic absorption and thus poor oral bioavailability (therapeutically ineffective) (Hörter and Dressman, 2001). Therefore, enhancing the aqueous solubility and dissolution rate of poorly water-soluble drugs is one of the major challenges in pharmaceutical industry.
In general, the lower the viscosity of the drug, the more comfortable and easy it will be to administer to the patient population. According to the data gathered in Lutz et al, the maximum viscosity is limited to about 30 cP or roughly 100–300gL^(-1) for mAb’s IgG concentration in a prefilled syringe. Viscosities being targeted for use with wearable injectors is between one and 100 cP (Shortall, 2014) Viscosity models and data suggests that temperature increase, altering the amino acid groups determining surface charges and van der Waals forces through molecular engineering, adjusting pH and using excipients can reduce viscosity. The effects of different excipients can vary significantly depending on the protein structure. (Lutz et al) Anion excipients reduce viscosity consistent with the Hofmeister series, while cation excipients provide equivalent viscosity reduction independent of the Hofmeister series. Hydrophobic attraction forces responsible for increased viscosity may be disrupted by hydrophobic excipients to reduce viscosity. Hydrophobic excipients such as sodium camphor-sulfonate, camphor-10-sulfanic acid *L Arginine, and camphor-10-sulfonic acid salt can reduce viscosity 10-fold. (See Lutz, Kanai, Guo, Du for more info) Using high-throughput computational and experimental tools can help estimate
The essential component of activity by which a lipid formulation prompts enhanced bioavailability is typically avoidance of a slow dissolution process which constrains the bioavailability of hydrophobic drugs from solid dose frames (Shweta Gupta, 2013). Preferably the formulation allows the drug to remain in a dissolved
It is an Anti-epilepsy, used for status epileptics. Because Clonazepam Cannot cross Central nervous system in sufficient concentration, Nasal drug delivery system was used due to systemic absorption of nasal route.
replacing needle injections. Lowman ensures his polymer-based hydrogels will surpass the stomach’s powerful enzymes despite critic’s concerns (Jonietz, 2003). The gelatinous-like pills contain insulin-carrying pores specifically designed only to release insulin in the presence of the small intestine’s high pH level (Jonietz, 2003). Likewise, Afrezza is an inhaled form of insulin specifically for patients with type two diabetes mellitus. The dry powder combination of Technosphere microparticles and ordinary insulin was
Pharmaceutical – In the pharmaceutical industry context, the principal water-soluble actives desired to be encapsulated are small water-soluble drugs, enzymes, vaccines, peptides and DNA [3]. The primary feature of microcapsules in the pharmaceutical industry is the drug delivery with controlled and targeted release, leading to an increase of the drug
Arthritis constitutes represents one of the major serious conditions that negatively impact affect the patients? quality of life (QoL) of affected patients here in Egypt. Arthritis is associated with comorbid conditions, physical and mental debilitation, increased level of depression and negative influence on life expectancy. Thus, great care is directed to effectively treat this medical condition. Unfortunately, conventional medications such as oral analgesics do not always provide an effective cure. Thus, novel approaches have been adopted that involve the use of monoclonal antibodies that target and inhibit the inflammatory mediators, consequently delay disease progress. However, the delivery of proteins into the human body faces many barriers such as enzymatic degradation in addition to undesirable adverse-effects. Thus, it was mandatory to use a carrier that effectively encapsulate the protein, offer adequate protein protection it against in vivo degradation and provide a prolonged and local protein release at the affected site. Hydrogels (HGs) were selected for this purpose due to their biocompatibility and the feasibility to modify their structures to control the protein release. Hydrogel micro-particles are of distinct interest for this aim; as they can be administered by injection. Such microparticles are accessible via water-in-water emulsion systems. However, proteins may encounter
Chitosan (CS) is the second generous linear polysaccharide and a cationic polyelectrolyte present in nature. CS has depicted convenient biocompatibility and increasing membrane permeability characteristics both in vitro and in vivo and can be degraded by lysozyme in serum. On account of its mucoadhesive and permeability, CS has the potential of serving as an adsorption enhancer across intestinal epithelium and it was an illustrated biopharmaceutical fact. CS also enhance insulin absorption without injuring human intestinal epithelial (Caco-2) cells. In the pharmaceutical industry, CS has several uses such as preparing films, beads, intragastric floating tablets, microspheres, and nanoparticles. The research explains the importance of size and