A Concise Insight on Pulsatile Drug Delivery System: An Outlook towards its Development

Abstract

In pharmaceutical science, the pulsatile drug delivery system gains more attraction because of their number of benefits over the other dosage forms. In these systems, the drug is released at right time at the right site of action, and in the right amount, it is the most beneficial and important characteristic of the PDDS system due to that the patient compliance is increased, and the drug release is after a well-defined lag time. Moreover, this system is designed according to the circadian rhythm of the body. Because the disease has a predictable cyclic rhythm, such as Arthritis, diabetes mellitus, asthma, peptic ulcer, hypertension, cardiovascular disease the PDDS is more effective than other dosage forms.This system is a more time-specific and site-specific drug delivery system. In this system the drug is released as a pulse. The mechanism of PDDS is first diffusion then erosion and then osmosis. For the drug having a high first-pass effect and having a high risk of toxicity and side effects, these systems can be very useful. And to reduce dosing frequency and improve patient compliance this system is very helpful. There are various methods present like, single-unit systems and multiple-unit systems – which included capsular system, pulsatile delivery by osmosis, pulsatile delivery by erosion of membrane, delivery by rupture of membrane, etc.