OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES IN TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM
AbstractTransdermal drug technology specialists are continuing to search for new methods that can effectively and painlessly deliver larger molecules in therapeutic quantities to overcome the difficulties associated with the oral route. Transdermal Drug Delivery System (TDDS) is the system in which the delivery of the active ingredients of the drug occurs by the means of skin. Skin is an effective medium from which absorption of the drug takes place and enters in to circulatory system. Various types of transdermal patches are used to incorporate the active ingredients into the circulatory system via skin. The patches have been proved effective because of its large advantages over other controlled drug delivery systems. This review article covers a brief outline of various components of transdermal patch, applications of transdermal patch, their advantages, disadvantages, when the transdermal patch are used and when their use should be avoided, types of transdermal patch, recent techniques for enhancing TDDS.
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2362-2370
542KB
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English
IJPSR
Shikha Deshwal* and Navneet Verma
Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, IFTM, Delhi Road, Moradabad- 244 001, Uttar Pradesh, India
27 March, 2012
03 May, 2012
21 July, 2012
http://dx.doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.3(8).2362-70
01 August, 2012
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