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drugs/polymers blends exhibits endo<strong>the</strong>rmic peaks (Fig 5.2b-c) corresponding to <strong>the</strong> initialsubstances at slightly shifted temperatures indicating <strong>the</strong> drug existence in its crystalline<strong>for</strong>m, <strong>the</strong> <strong>melt</strong>ing peaks were absent in all extruded <strong>for</strong>mulations.Fig. 5.2b: Thermograms <strong>of</strong> CTZ and VRP in L100 polymers sytems.Fur<strong>the</strong>rmore, <strong>the</strong> extruded <strong>for</strong>mulations exhibited a broad Tg peak ranging from 64 to105 o C indicating <strong>the</strong> conversion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> originally crystalline drugs into <strong>the</strong>ir amorphous <strong>for</strong>msduring <strong>the</strong> HME process The range <strong>of</strong> one single Tg in <strong>the</strong> extruded <strong>for</strong>mulation is in between<strong>the</strong> Tgs <strong>of</strong> drugs (CTZ at 55.36 o C and VRP at 51.65 o C) and polymers. This also confirms <strong>the</strong><strong>for</strong>mation <strong>of</strong> solid dispersions <strong>of</strong> drugs into <strong>the</strong> polymer matrices [21, 26] and also <strong>the</strong>drug/polymers miscibility. According to <strong>the</strong> Gordon Taylor equation, <strong>the</strong> miscibledrug/polymers extrudates would exibit a broad single Tg at <strong>the</strong> intermediate position <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>Tgs <strong>of</strong> amorphous drug and polymers [22] . Never<strong>the</strong>less, <strong>the</strong> characteristic peak <strong>of</strong> CTZ andVRP cannot be found in <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>rmograms <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> extruded <strong>for</strong>mulations, indicating thatextruded <strong>for</strong>mulation is different in physicochemical properties from <strong>the</strong> physical mixture <strong>of</strong>drug/polymer. This could be attributed to <strong>the</strong> amorphous dispersion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> drugs in molecularb<strong>as</strong>is onto <strong>the</strong> polymer matrices.94 | P a g e

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