Suitable Polymers in Floating Gastro-Retentive Drug Delivery

Abstract

Gastro-retentive drug delivery is novel drug delivery system which is emerged for controlled and targeted delivery of drug especially when target site lies in or near the stomach. The drug with absorption window in stomach, locally acting drug in stomach, etc. are the best suitable candidate for this drug delivery system. It can be formulated in various types like floating, expandable & unfoldable, Raft forming, swelling system Bio adhesive, High density system etc. The gastro-retentive form can be used in various dosage forms like tablet, capsule, microsphere, granules, powders, pills and laminated films according to the need. It can be also formulated as single unit and multiple unit dosage form but sometime this gastro-retention is unpredictable due to effect of pH, gastric mobility, effect of food etc. This review mainly focuses on the floating drug delivery its types, polymer used in floating drug delivery and application.