Microneedles: an emerging transdermal drug delivery system.

Objectives: One of the thrust areas in drug delivery research is transdermal drug delivery systems (TDDS) due to their characteristic advantages over oral and parenteral drug delivery systems. Researchers have focused their attention on the use of microneedles to overcome the barrier of the stratum corneum. Microneedles deliver the drug into the epidermis without disruption of nerve endings.

Advanced formulation design of venlafaxine hydrochloride coated and triple-layer tablets containing hypromellose.

The purpose of this research work was to develop venlafaxine hydrochloride-coated and layered matrix tablets using hypromellose adopting wet granulation technique. The granules and the tablets were characterized. The monolithic tablets were coated with different ratios of ethyl cellulose and hypromellose.

Fabrication of triple-layer matrix tablets of venlafaxine hydrochloride using xanthan gum.

The objective of present investigation was to develop venlafaxine hydrochloride-layered tablets for obtaining sustained drug release. The tablets containing venlafaxine hydrochloride 150 mg were prepared by wet granulation technique using xanthan gum in the middle layer and barrier layers. The granules and tablets were characterized.

Studies in preparation and evaluation of pH-independent sustained-release matrix tablets of verapamil HCl using directly compressible Eudragits.

The objective of the present study was to investigate the impact of formulation factors on the properties of a 12h modified-release formulation of verapamil HCl. A 2(3) full factorial design was employed to investigate the influence of amount of Eudragit RS PO/RL PO (X1, a matrixing agent), HPMC K4M (X2, an auxiliary matrixing agent cum binder) and PEG 4000 (X3, channelling agent cum plasticizer). The tablets were prepared by direct compression and they were evaluated for in vitro dissolution studies in 0.