Development of push-pull osmotic tablets using Chitosan-poly(acrylic acid) interpolymer complex as an osmopolymer

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Author list: Ketjinda W., Sinchaipanid N., Limsuwan P., Leuenberger H., Mitrevej A.

Publication year: 2011

Volume number: 12

Issue number: 1

Start page: 132

End page: 140

Number of pages: 9

ISSN: 1530-9932

eISSN: 1530-9932

URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-79954424462&doi=10.1208%2fs12249-010-9572-z&partnerID=40&md5=4bcda54152fcb7ef80f7a6734937e9e4

Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)

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Abstract

The objectives of this study were to prepare push-pull osmotic tablets (PPOT) of felodipine using an interpolymer complex of chitosan (CS) and poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) as an osmopolymer, and to study the mechanisms of drug release from these tablets. The interpolymer complexes were prepared with different weight ratios of CS to PAA. Preparation of PPOT involved the fabrication of bilayered tablets with the drug layer, containing felodipine, polyethylene oxide, and the polymeric expansion layer, containing the CS-PAA complex. The effects of polymer ratios, type of plasticizers, and compression forces on release characteristics were investigated. It was found that drug release from PPOT exhibited zero-order kinetics and could be prolonged up to 12 or 24 h depending on the plasticizer used. PPOT using dibutyl sebacate showed a longer lag time and slower drug release than that using polyethylene glycol 400. In the case of polyethylene glycol 400, an increase in the CS proportion resulted in an increase in the drug release rate. The compression force had no effect on drug release from PPOT. Drug release was controlled by two consecutive mechanisms: an osmotic pump effect resulting in the extrusion of the drug layer from the tablet and subsequent erosion and dissolution of the extruded drug layer in the dissolution medium. The mathematical model (zero-order) related to extrusion and erosion rates for describing the mechanism of drug release showed a good correlation between predicted and observed values. ฉ 2010 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.

Keywords

felodipine, interpolymer complex, poly(acrylic acid), push-pull osmotic tablet