Buoyancy-Generating Agents for Stomach-Specific Drug Delivery: An Overview with Special Emphasis on Floating Behavior

Gastric retentive drug delivery provides a promising technology exhibiting an extended gastric residence and a drug release independent of patient related variables. It is usually useful in improving local gastric treatment as well as overcoming drug-related problems .i.e. drugs having narrow absorp...

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Main Author: Rania A.H. Ishak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-03-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Online Access:https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/jpps/index.php/JPPS/article/view/23399