Combined eutexia and amorphization for simultaneous enhancement of dissolution rate of triamterene and hydrochlorothiazide : preparation of orodispersible tablets

BACKGROUND: Triamterene is an oral antihypertensive drug with dissolution-limited poor bioavailability. It can be used as monotherapy or in fixed dose combination with hydrochlorothiazide which also suffers from poor dissolution. Moreover, co-processing of drugs in fixed dose combination can alter their properties. Accordingly, pre-formulation studies should investigate the effect of co-processing and optimize the dissolution of drugs before and after fixed dose combination. This is expected to avoid deleterious interaction (if any) and to hasten the biopharmaceutical properties.

OBJECTIVE: Accordingly, the aim of this work was to optimize the dissolution rate of triamterene alone and after fixed dose combination with hydrochlorothiazide.

METHODOLOGY: Triamterene was subjected to dry co-grinding with xylitol, HPMC-E5 or their combination. The effect of co-grinding with hydrochlorothiazide was also tested in absence and presence of xylitol and HPMC-E5. The products were assessed using Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR), differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD), in addition to dissolution studies. Optimum formulations were fabricated as oral disintegrating tablets (ODT).Results: Co-processing of triamterene with xylitol formed eutectic system which hastened dissolution rate. HPMC-E5 resulted in partial amorphization and improved triamterene dissolution. Co-grinding with both materials combined their effects. Co-processing of triamterene with hydrochlorothiazide resulted in eutexia but the product was slowly dissolving due to aggregation. This problem was vanished in presence of HPMC-E5 and xylitol. Compression of the optimum formulation into ODT underwent fast disintegration and liberated acceptable amounts of both drugs.

CONCLUSION: The study introduced simple co-processing with traditional excipients for development of ODT of triamterene and hydrochlorothiazide.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:50

Enthalten in:

Drug development and industrial pharmacy - 50(2024), 4 vom: 17. Apr., Seite 306-319

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Awad, Hend A [VerfasserIn]
Fetouh, Mohamed I [VerfasserIn]
Sultan, Amal A [VerfasserIn]
El Maghraby, Gamal M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

0J48LPH2TH
Amorphization
Antihypertensive Agents
Eutexia
Hydrochlorothiazide
Journal Article
Orodisintegrating
Tablets
Triamterene
VCQ006KQ1E
WS821Z52LQ
Xylitol

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 22.04.2024

Date Revised 22.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/03639045.2024.2323996

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36890816X