Abstract
Recent developments in fast disintegrating tablets have brought convenience in dosing to pediatric and elderly patients who have trouble in swallowing tablets. The objective of the present study was to prepare the fast disintegrating tablet of salbutamol sulphate for respiratory disorders for pediatrics. As precision of dosing and patient's compliance become important prerequisites for a long-term treatment, there is a need to develop a formulation for this drug which overcomes problems such as difficulty in swallowing, inconvenience in administration while travelling, and patient's acceptability. Hence, the present investigation were undertaken with a view to develop a fast disintegrating tablet of salbutamol sulphate which offers a new range of products having desired characteristics and intended benefits. Superdisintegrants such as sodium starch glycolate was optimized. Different binders were optimized along with optimized superdisintegrant concentration. The tablets were prepared by direct compression technique. The tablets were evaluated for hardness, friability, weight variation, wetting time, disintegration time, and uniformity of content. Optimized formulation was evaluated by in vitro dissolution test, drug-excipient compatibility, and accelerated stability study. It was concluded that fast disintegrating tablets of salbutamol sulphate were formulated successfully with desired characteristics which disintegrated rapidly; provided rapid onset of action; and enhanced the patient convenience and compliance.
Highlights
Despite tremendous innovations in drug delivery, the oral route remains the preferred route for administration of therapeutic agents because of accurate dosage, low cost therapy, self medication, noninvasive method, and ease of administration leading to high level of patient compliance [1]
(5 mL) of the solution was withdrawn from the dissolution apparatus at specific time intervals, and the samples were replaced with fresh dissolution medium
It was observed that disintegration time of the formulation was further decreased and tablet hardness and friability were within the IP limits
Summary
Despite tremendous innovations in drug delivery, the oral route remains the preferred route for administration of therapeutic agents because of accurate dosage, low cost therapy, self medication, noninvasive method, and ease of administration leading to high level of patient compliance [1]. Fast disintegrating drug delivery systems have started gaining popularity and acceptance as new drug delivery systems, because they are easy to administer and lead to better patient compliance [3]. In some cases such as motion sickness, sudden episodes of allergic attacks or coughing, and unavailability of water, swallowing conventional tablets may be difficult. The difficulty is experienced by pediatric and geriatric patients. To overcome such problems, fast disintegrating tablets or orally disintegrating tablets have emerged as an alternative dosage form [4]. Recent advances in novel drug delivery systems (NDDS) aim for enhancing the safety of a drug molecule while maintaining its therapeutic efficacy so as to achieve better patient compliance [5]
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