Acta Pharmaceutica, Vol. 56 No. 2, 2006.
Original scientific paper
Effects of pressure sensitive adhesives and chemical permeation enhancers on permeability of fentanyl through excised rat skin
AMIR MEHDIZADEH
MOHAMMAD HOSSAIN GHAHREMANI
MOHAMMAD REZA ROUINI
TAYEBEH TOLIYAT
Abstract
Drug-in-adhesive patches (DIAPs) of fentanyl were formulated using various pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) and various chemical permeation enhancers (CPEs). The effects of the PSAs and CPEs on skin permeation of fentanyl from DIAPs were evaluated using modified jacketed Franz diffusion cells fitted with excised rat abdominal skin. It was demonstrated that permeation rate or steady state flux (Jss) of the drug through the excised rat skin was dependent on the viscosity and type of acrylic PSA as well as the type of CPE. Among different acrylic PSAs, Duro-Tak® 2054 and Duro-Tak® 2516 showed the highest Jss of 1.95 μg cm-2 h-1 and the lowest Jss of 1.43 μg cm-2 h-1, respectively. Among the various CPEs used, propylene glycol and polyethylene glycol 400 showed 1.61 and 1.18, the highest and lowest enhancement ratio (ER) on the skin permeation of fentanyl, respectively. Oleic acid and cetyl alcohol moderately increased the skin permeation of fentanyl. It was also shown that increasing the concentration of CPE led to reduction in adhesion property of PSA as measured by 180° peeling strength test. Moreover, it was found that the permeation rate increased as the fentanyl loading increased from 1 to 3%. The skin permeation rate of fentanyl did not increase significantly beyond 3% drug loading. It was concluded that PG as a CPE and cosolvent in 10% m/m with 3% fentanyl loading in Duro-Tak 2054 showed an effective monolithic DIAP for the development of a transdermal therapeutic system for fentanyl.
Keywords
fentanyl; permeation enhancer; transdermal patches; pressure sensitive adhesive; rat skin
Hrčak ID:
4557
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Publication date:
1.6.2006.
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