Evaluation and Floating Enhancement of Levodopa Sustained Release Floating Minitablets Coated with Insoluble Acrylic Polymer
- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy
- Vol. 34 (8), 827-833
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03639040801926683
Abstract
This article describes the in vitro evaluation and the enhancement of the floating properties of coated sustained release (SR) minitablets (MTs). The evaluated system consisted of a 3-mm drug-containing gas-generating core prepared by melt granulation and subsequent compression, which was then coated with a flexible polymeric membrane. Eudragit® RL30D and acetyl triethylcitrate were used as a film former and a plasticizer, respectively. The coating level was fixed at 20% (wt/wt). The optimally coated floating MTs floated within 10 min and remained buoyant for more than 13 h, regardless of the pH of the test medium. By evaluating the dissolution profiles of levodopa at different pH, it was found that the release of levodopa was sustained for more than 12 h regardless of the pH, even if the coating did not cancel the effect of the pH-dependent solubility of the active drug. Finally, the robustness of the coated floating MTs was assessed by testing the drug release variability in function of the stirring conditions during dissolution tests.Keywords
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