Preparation and Evaluation of Ocuserts for Increasing the Bioavailability of an Antifungal Drugs
Kaushal Kumar1*, Mohd Faeek2and Nida Parveen3
1Assistant Professor MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, UP, India
2Department of Pharmacy, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, UP, India
3Department of Pharmacy, Shri Ram Murti Smarak College of Engineering and Technology, Bareilly, UP, India
*Corresponding Author: Kaushal Kumar, Assistant Professor MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, UP, India.
Received:
September 02, 2020; Published: May 16, 2020
Abstract
The main aim of the present study is to formulate an effective ocular insert of Clotrimazole (an antifungal drug), which can produce a better ocular therapy against ocular fungal infections by increased bioavailability through increased drug-eye contact time and controlling the trans-corneal permeation of drug. We intend to optimize the formulation to show constant release of drug for maintenance of dose over a prolonged period of time. For the purpose we prepared ocular insert formulations of Clotrimazole. Various formulations were prepared by use of different polymers, HPMC, EC and combination of both in different proportions 2%, 3% and 4%. The prepared formulations were evaluated for various physical and analytical parameter related to appearance, durability, uniformity of drug contents, in-vitro and in-vivo release of drug and for stability. Ocuserts of Clotrimazole were prepared by solvent casting method followed by preparing the drug reservoir film and rate controlling membrane separately. Evaluation of ocular inserts for weight and thickness variation were carried out and analyzed by ANOVA. The % drug release from the selected formulation containing HPMC, were found to be 91.78 ± 2.436 at the end of 360 minutes. From current study we can conclude that by using different polymer in rate controlling membrane of an ocusert, release rate of drug from ocusert can be controlled or altered.
Keywords: Ocusert; Clotrimazole; HPMC; EC; ANOVA
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