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*I

mport
antfact
orst
oconsi
deri
nthef
ormul
ati
onofor
all
y
dr
ugdel
iver
y;

1.Dr
ugsol
ubi
l
ityanddosear
ethemosti
mpor
tantf
act
orst
oconsi
deri
nthe
f
ormul
ati
onofHPMCERmat
ri
ces.

2.Pol
ymerl
evel
isal
sot
hemaj
ordr
ugr
eleaser
atecont
rol
l
ingf
act
ori
nHPMC
mat
ri
ces.Dependi
ngondosagef
orm.

3.Par
ti
clesi
zeoft
heHPMCi
sanot
heri
mpor
tantf
act
or.Thef
inert
hepar
ti
clesi
ze,
t
hef ast
ert
her
ateofhy
drat
ionoft
hepol
ymerandhencebet
tert
hecont
rol
ofdug
r
elease.

4.Hy
drophi
l
icHPMCmat
ri
cesar
emanuf
act
uredusi
ngt
radi
ti
onal
manuf
act
uri
ng
methodssuchasdir
ectcompressi
on(DC),wetgranul
ati
onordr
ygranul
ati
on(rol
l
er
compacti
onorsl
ugging)
.Thechoiceofthemethoddependsonthefor
mulati
on
proper
ti
esoronthemanufact
urer’
spref
erence,
orboth.

5.Theef
fectofcompr
essi
onf
orceondr
ugr
eleasef
rom hy
drophi
l
icmat
ri
cesi
s
mini
malwhent
ablet
shaveenoughhar
dness(
towi
thst
andhandl
i
ng)andopt
imum
l
evel
sofpol
ymersareuse

6.Inawetgr
anul
ati
onpr
ocess,
incl
usi
onofapor
ti
onoft
heHPMCasi
nter
-
gr
anul
arandapor
ti
onasext
ra-
granul
armaybebenef
ici
al.

7.Smal
l
ert
abl
etshavebeenr
epor
tedt
orequi
rehi
gherpol
ymercont
ent
sbecause
oft
hei
rhi
ghersur
facear
eat
ovol
umer
ati
oandt
husshor
terdi
ff
usi
onpat
hway
s.

8.Coat
ingofhy
drophi
l
icmat
ri
ceswi
thwat
er-
sol
ubl
epol
ymer
ssuchasOpadr
yor
l
ow-
viscosi
ty

9.Fur
thermodi
fi
cat
ionandf
inet
uni
ngofdr
ugr
eleasef
rom HPMCmat
ri
ces
maybeachi
evedbytheuseofothernon-
ioni
c/i
onicpoly
mer
s,wat
er-
insol
ubl
e
pol
ymer
s,pol
ysacchar
idesorhy
drophobi
cexcipi
ents.
*
Fact
orasaf
fect
ingper
cut
aneousabsor
pti
onTDDS;
1-
phy
sicochemi
cal
fact
orsofpenet
rant
/dr
ug

*
Par
ti
ti
oncoef
fi
cient

*
Sol
ubi
l
ity

*
Ioni
zat
ion/pKa

*
Mol
ecul
arsi
zeandwei
ght

*
Stabi
l
ityorhal
f-
li
fe

2-
Biol
ogi
cal
fact
ors

*
1PHoft
heenv
ironment

*
2Ar
eaofappl
i
cat
ion

*
3Age,
Sex,
Race

*
4Condi
ti
onoft
heski
n


Int
egr
it
yandThi
cknessofst
rat
um cor
neum


Pat
hol
ogi
cal
condi
ti
onsofski
n


Hydr
ati
on•
Met
abol
i
sm •
Temper
atur
e

3-
For
mul
ati
onf
act
ors

1Vehi
cle-
sol
ubi
l
ityoft
hedr
ug


Lipophi
l
ici
tyoft
hesol
vent


PHoft
hev
ehi
cle

2Composi
ti
onofdr
ugdel
i
ver
ysy
stem


Sur
fact
ant
s

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