FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF GASTRORETENTIVE FLOATING DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM OF PIOGLITAZONE HYDROCHLORIDE
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*Thoriya J. G, Patel S. D, Tank H. M
Matushree V. B. Manvar College of Pharmacy- Dumiyani,
Rajkot
*thoriya.jignesh@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Pioglitazone HCl is used for the management of type-2 diabetes. It is an absorption window limited drug, whose solubility decreases with increase in the pH and has a short half life of 3-7 h. Here an attempt is made to developed the floating matrix tablets, which design in way that after oral administration the GI resistant time is prolonged and thus to give sustained action with increase in the bioavailability of the drug. Pioglitazone HCl showed maximum absorption at wavelength 269 nm in 0.1N HCl. various formulations were developed by using release rate controlling and gel forming polymers like HPMC, and Carbopol-934 in single and combinations by direct compression method with the incorporation of sodium bicarbonate as gas generating agent. The prepared tablets were characteristics by drug content, floating property, swelling and in vitro dissolution test using USP dissolution test apparatus Type – II (paddle method) in dissolution medium of 0.1 N HCl. The in vitro dissolution results of all tablets were computed by using dissolution software. The prepared tablets were found to be good hardness, diameter, weight variation, thickness, friability drug content, floating property and in vitro drug release. Drug-polymer compatibility studies by FTIR gave conformation about drug purity and showed no interaction between drug and selected polymers. All the formulations had floating lag time below 3 minutes and constantly floated on dissolution medium for more than 12 h. Swelling studies indicated significant water uptake and contributed in drug release. From among all the developed formulations, as F7 prolonged the drug release (95.45 %) for longer period of time (12 hrs.); they were selected as best formulations. The best formulations were found to be stable during stability studies for two months. Thus, selected formulations satisfied floating time, swelling index and in vitro drug release profile requirements for a floating drug delivery system.Tablets of Pioglitazone HCl prepared with HPMC K4M, HPMC K100M and Carbopol 934P were found to be acceptable floating property, water uptake and in vitro drug release.
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