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Pharmaceutical Technology: Controlled Drug Release, Volume 2

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190 CH. 17] SILICON MATRIX SYSTEMS FOR LONG-TERM CONSTANT RELEASE OF PEPTIDES<br />

Fig. 6—Weight change (% (w/w)) during Gly-Tyr release from PDMS matrices containing BSA. Quickly dissolving<br />

BSA: matrix loadings (w/w) of 40% (○) and 50% . Slowly dissolving BSA: Loadings (w/w) of 30% (∆), 40% (◊),<br />

50% (□). Mean values, n=3.<br />

Table 3—Residual amount of excipient and water content of remaining excipient in matrix after 16 days of release<br />

On the other hand, when the excipient is leached out slowly, long-term swelling within the pores<br />

obviously contributes to time-dependent changes of parameters from equation (1). This may lead<br />

to release exponents exceeding the value of 0.5. The diffusion coefficient D may increase on<br />

swelling [18]; as shown in Table 2 and Fig. 2, a suitable viscosity grade is essential for convenient

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