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Pharmaceutical Technology: Controlled Drug Release, Volume 2

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CH. 2] THE EFFECT OF ELECTROLYTES AND DRUGS 27<br />

Table 2—The effect of additives on the cloud points of 2% HPMC K100 gels<br />

Propranolol hydrochloride and promethazine hydrochloride increased the gel points and no<br />

straight line relationship existed, indicating that at higher concentrations these drugs enable the<br />

polymer to hydrate to a much larger extent than at lower concentrations. Promethazine forms<br />

micelles at concentrations>0.5% w/v [9], which may be responsible for this behaviour. No critical<br />

micellar concentration is known for propanolol hydrochloride but from studies performed it is<br />

weakly surface active. The response of HPMC to these drugs may be associated with this surface<br />

activity.

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