MUCOADHESIVE POLYMERS: AN OVERVIEW
*Govardhane Ravindra Namdeo, Shinkar Dattatraya Manohar, SaudagarRavindranath Bhanudas
ABSTRACT
The current article focuses on polymers used in mucosal delivery of
therapeutic agents. The mucoadhesive drug delivery system is a
popular novel drug delivery method because mucous membranes are
relatively permeable, allowing for the rapid uptake of a drug into the
systemic circulation and avoiding the first pass metabolism.
Mucoadhesive polymers have been utilized in many different dosage
forms in efforts to achieve systemic delivery of drugs through the
different mucosa. These dosage forms include tablets, patches, tapes,
films, semisolids and powders. The objective of this review is to study
about novel mucoadhesive polymers and to design Novel drug delivery
systems.
Keywords: Novel drug delivery system, mucoadhesion, mucoadhesive
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