Pharmaceutical Technology: Controlled Drug Release, Volume 2
Pharmaceutical Technology: Controlled Drug Release, Volume 2
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.