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DRUG DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL PHARMACY
Volume 36, Issue 8, Pages 926-932Publisher
INFORMA HEALTHCARE
DOI: 10.3109/03639040903585135
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Captopril; drug-in-adhesive formulation; percutaneous absorption; texture profile analysis; transdermal drug delivery
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Background: The ethyl ester of captopril has been shown to exhibit enhanced permeation across human skin compared to the parent drug. A drug-in-adhesive patch formulation of a captopril ethyl ester was therefore developed for optimum drug release. Method: A wide range of transdermal patches were prepared using two commercially available bioadhesive polymers. Investigational screening was conducted on the patches using microscopy, texture profile analysis, and infrared spectroscopy. Drug release profiles of suitable patches were obtained using both polydimethylsiloxane (Silastic (TM)) and porcine skin in vitro. Results: Diffusion results across Silastic (TM) showed a gradual plateau in flux with increased drug loading that may be attributable to intramolecular interactions while flux across porcine skin was seen to increase with increasing patch thickness and attained a therapeutic level. Conclusions: This study demonstrated that adhesion and drug loading are significant factors in optimizing a topical patch formulation for the delivery of a captopril prodrug.
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