Gastroretentive dosage forms: A review with special emphasis on floating drug delivery systems

Drug Delivery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 97-110

  Pawar, Vivek K ^a   Kansal, Shaswat ^a   Garg, Garima ^a   Awasthi, Rajendra ^a   Singodia, Deepak ^b   Kulkarni, Giriraj T ^a  

^a MEERUT INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b MANIPAL COLLEGE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Dual working systems; Expandable systems; Floating drug delivery systems; Gastroretentive drug delivery systems; Magnetic systems; Mucoadhesive systems; Superporous systems

Indexed keywords

ALMAGATE; BACLOFEN; BENSERAZIDE PLUS LEVODOPA; CARVEDILOL; CEFACLOR; CIPROFLOXACIN; DIAZEPAM; FERROUS SULFATE; FLUOROURACIL; GABAPENTIN; GAVISCON; ISONIAZID; METFORMIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MISOPROSTOL; MORPHINE SULFATE; OFLOXACIN; PIROXICAM; PRAZOSIN; RIFAMPICIN; SIMETHICONE; THEOPHYLLINE; TRAMADOL; VERAPAMIL;

CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG METABOLISM; ECHOGRAPHY; EFFERVESCENT TABLET; FLOATING DRUG DELIVERY SYTEM; FLOATING OSMOTIC DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GAMMA SCINTIGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTRORETENTIVE DOSAGE FORM; GASTROSCOPY; HYDROGEL; MAGNETISM; MUCOADHESION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW; STOMACH; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH MOTILITY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; GASTRIC EMPTYING; HUMANS; STOMACH;

EID: 78650800294     PISSN: 10717544     EISSN: 15210464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10717544.2010.520354     Document Type: Review

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