FORMULATION AND IN-VITRO IN-VIVO EVALUATION OF BUCCOADHESIVE MORPHINE-SULFATE TABLETS

ANLAR S., ÇAPAN Y., GUVEN O., GOGUS A., DALKARA T., HINCAL A.

PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH, vol.11, no.2, pp.231-236, 1994 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 11 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 1994
  • Doi Number: 10.1023/a:1018951323522
  • Journal Name: PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.231-236
  • Keywords: MORPHINE, BUCCOADHESION, COMPRESSED TABLET, INTERPOLYMER COMPLEX, BUCCAL ABSORPTION, DRUG RELEASE, BIOADHESIVE, PHARMACOKINETICS
  • Lokman Hekim University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Buccoadhesive controlled-release systems for the delivery of morphine sulfate were prepared by compression of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) with carbomer (CP), which served as the bioactive adhesive compound. The release behavior of systems containing 30 mg of morphine sulfate and various amounts of the two polymers was found to be non-Fickian. The adhesion force was significantly affected by the mixing ratio of HPMC and CP in the tablet, and the weakest adhesion force was observed at a ratio of 1:1 (HPMC:CP). Interpolymer complex formation was confirmed between HPMC and CP in acidic medium by turbidity, viscosity, and FT-IR measurements. The amount absorbed (percentage of the drug loaded) of the controlled-release buccoadhesive tablets in six healthy volunteers and was 30 +/- 5%.