Numerical Modeling of Drug Release from HPMC Carriers with Erosion

Autores/as

  • Rumiana Blagoeva Institute of Mechanics-Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  • Assen Georgiev Nedev Institute of mechanics - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Palabras clave:

Drug release, Diffusion, Swelling, Erosion, HPMC carriers, Numerical scheme

Resumen

Numerical modeling of drug release kinetics from hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) carriers is investigated. Recently a comprehensive model describing the controlling processes of this kinetics (water uptake, drug diffusion and carrier swelling) was proposed [1, 2]. An appropriate Finite Element (FE) approach to solving the arisen highly nonlinear model problem with moving boundary conditions was also developed. An improved variant of the above model for quantitative prediction of drug release kinetics, accounting the effect of polymer matrix erosion, is created. The model validation is performed fitting the numerical results to experimental data for two drugs (Trimetazidine K4M and Molsidomine K15M) under different tablet dimensions, release media, initial drug loading, and carriers’ viscosity grade.

Biografía del autor/a

  • Rumiana Blagoeva, Institute of Mechanics-Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
    Associate Prof.
  • Assen Georgiev Nedev, Institute of mechanics - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
    Assoc. Prof.

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Publicado

2011-08-18

Número

Vol. 2 Núm. 1 (2011)

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Research Articles

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