Knipp's 1st Set Flashcards
Excipients
Coatings: control diffusion rates and modify release properties
Disintegrants: control regions of release
Lubricants: slow dissolution
Internal Excipient
- swellable matrices
- non swelling matrices
- inert plastics
Coating
- applied to outside of solid dosage forms
Goal of Coatings
- protection of agent from air or humidity
- mask taste
- special drug release
- aesthetics to eye
- prevent inadvertent contact with drug (safety)
Aqueous Film Coatings
- film forming polymer
- plasticizer for flexibility and elasticity
- colorant
- vehicle
Enteric Coatings
- added to dosage forms to prevent early release of API in metabolic regions
Goal of Enteric Coatings
- prevent acid sensitive API from gastric fluid
- prevent gastric distress from API
- target API delivery
- provide delayed/sustained release
- deliver API to higher local concentration
Sustained Release
- formulated to slow the release of the therapeutic agent so that its appearance in circulation is delayed but sustained in duration
Controlled Release
- reproducibility and predictability in the drug release kinetics
ALLOWS US TO MAINTAIN A NARROW DRUG PLASMA COCENTRATION
Examples of Controlled Release Formations
- Coated beads, granules, or microspheres
- Multitablet system
- Micro-encapsulated
- Drug Embedding in hydrophilic matrix
Steady State
rate going into the body must equal the disposition
creates safety window
Characteristics of Drugs Best Suited for Oral Controlled Release
- exhibit neither slow or fast rates of absorption/excretion
- uniformly absorbed
- administered in small doses
- good safety/therapeutic window
- chronic > acute
Physiological Factors Affecting Absorption
- absorbing surface area
- residence time
- pH
- Permeability
- dietary effects
- complexation/protein binding
- biliary uptake and clearance
Epithelia
- located on the layer of extracellular matrix proteins
- epithelial cells are polarized
- endothelial cells line the inside of body cavities, blood vessels, and lymph
- simple squamous predominantly
- endothelial cells are actually epithelial cells just in the body
Simple Squamous
thin layer of flattened cells that are relatively permeable
lines most blood vessels and placenta
Simple Columnar
usually found in GI tract
Translational
comprised of several layers with different shapes
stretch
Stratified Squamous
multiple layers of squamous cells that cover areas that wear and tear
skin is most important
Composition of Biological Membranes
- all living cells are enclosed by a membrane making it a living unit
- barrier
- cell membrane is semi-permeable permitting the rapid passage of some chemicals while rejecting others
- polarized lipid composition