Strategies for the design of hydrophilic matrix tablets with controlled microenvironmental pH

S Siepe, B Lueckel, A Kramer, A Ries… - International journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
Incorporation of weak acids as pH modifiers enhances the release of weakly basic drugs in
higher pH environments by reducing the microenvironmental pH (pHM). The objectives of …

Microenvironmental pH modulation based release enhancement of a weakly basic drug from hydrophilic matrices

AS Tatavarti, SW Hoag - Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 2006 - Elsevier
For weakly basic drugs, pH-dependent solubility characteristics can translate into low and
incomplete release of these drugs from sustained release formulations. The objective of this …

Influence of methacrylic and acrylic acid polymers on the release performance of weakly basic drugs from sustained release hydrophilic matrices

AS Tatavarti, KA Mehta, LL Augsburger… - Journal of pharmaceutical …, 2004 - Elsevier
Weakly basic drugs and their salts exhibit a drop in aqueous solubility at high pH conditions,
which can result in low and incomplete release of these drugs from sustained release …

pH-independent release of a weakly basic drug from water-insoluble and-soluble matrix tablets

A Streubel, J Siepmann, A Dashevsky… - Journal of controlled …, 2000 - Elsevier
Weakly basic drugs or salts thereof demonstrate pH-dependent solubility. The resulting
release from conventional matrix tablets decreases with increasing pH-milieu of the …

Design of pH-independent controlled release matrix tablets for acidic drugs

VM Rao, K Engh, Y Qiu - International journal of pharmaceutics, 2003 - Elsevier
The rate and extent of drug release from most controlled release systems are influenced by
the pH of the dissolution medium for drugs with pH-dependent solubility. This dependency of …

Assessment of tailor-made HPMC-based matrix minitablets comprising a weakly basic drug compound

S Siepe, B Lueckel, A Kramer, A Ries… - Drug development and …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Tailor-made, pH-controlled matrix minitablets based on different HPMC types were
developed comprising the weakly basic drug dipyridamole. The incorporation of pH …

Microenvironmental pH-modification to improve dissolution behavior and oral absorption for drugs with pH-dependent solubility

C Taniguchi, Y Kawabata, K Wada… - Expert opinion on …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Drug release and oral absorption of drugs with pH-dependent solubility are
influenced by the conditions in the gastrointestinal tract. In some cases, poor oral absorption …

Optimization of hydrophilic matrix tablets using a D-optimal design

A Bodea, SE Leucuta - International journal of pharmaceutics, 1997 - Elsevier
One method of achieving sustained drug release is by the use of hydrophilic polymeric
excipients directly compressed with active ingredients into tablets. Hydrophilic polymers …

The effect of acid pH modifiers on the release characteristics of weakly basic drug from hydrophlilic–lipophilic matrices

K Dvořáčková, P Doležel, E Mašková, J Muselík… - Aaps Pharmscitech, 2013 - Springer
The solubility of weakly basic drugs within passage though GI tract leads to pH-dependent
or even incomplete release of these drugs from extended release formulations and …

Microenvironmental pH modulation in solid dosage forms

SIF Badawy, MA Hussain - Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 2007 - Elsevier
There are many reports in the literature referring to the effect of 'microenvironmental pH'on
solid dosage form performance, particularly stability and dissolution profiles. Several …