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Pharmaceutical Technology: Controlled Drug Release, Volume 2

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MATRIX FORMULATIONS [CH. 4 51<br />

Table 5—Hadamard matrix H(8) results<br />

Fig. 2—<strong>Release</strong> profiles from the study of main effects.<br />

CONCLUSION<br />

From a minimum number of experiments, the Hadamard matrix gives the possibility of estimating<br />

the mean effects of four parameters. Among them, the particle size range had the most important<br />

effect in the release of diclofenac sodium. By interpreting data, a factorial design including only<br />

two parameters was applied from which an optimum formulation was found.<br />

As expected, when compared with the direct compression results [13], double compression<br />

considerably enhanced the flow of the powder and substantially decreased the variability between<br />

tablets. The drug release followed the Weibull distribution.<br />

The inert matrix formulation provided by ethylcellulose and Pevikon (polyvinyl chloride) was<br />

an effective vehicle for controlled release drug delivery systems.

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