Strategies to Modify the Drug Release from Pharmaceutical Systems

Since the earliest dosage forms to modern drug delivery systems, came a great development and growth of knowledge with respect to drug delivery. Strategies to Modify the Drug Release from Pharmaceutical Systems will address principles, systems, applications and advances in the field.It will be principally a textbook and a reference source of strategies to modify the drug release. Moreover, the characterization, mathematical and physicochemical models, applications and the systems will be discussed.

Chapter 1 - General considerations Pharmaceutics: Safety, quality and efficacy Conventional and alternative therapeutic regimens Chapter 2 - Modification of drug release Objectives Advantages Disadvantages History Chapter 3 - Classification of therapeutic systems for drug delivery Passives, pre-programmed Actives, programmed and controlled externally Actives, self-programmable Chapter 4 - Main mechanisms to control the drug release Diffusion Swelling Erosion Osmosis Others Chapter 5 - Mathematical and physicochemical models of drug release Chapter 6 - Drug delivery systems: Principles, local of administration, materials, characterization, applications, advances and the use of natural products Matrix Tablets Suspensions Osmotic Pumps Micro/nanoparticles Micro/nanoemulsioned systems Liposomes and niosomes Floating Systems Systems with cyclodextrins Transdermal systems Bio/mucoadhesive Systems Liquid crystalline systems Implant Biocompatible carriers Other systems