SUSTAINED RELEASE FORMULATIONS OF PHENAZOPYRIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE WITH CELLULOSE ACETATE PHTHALATE

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Department of Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Abstract

Cellulose acetate phthalate (CAP) was utilized for the preparation of sustained release formulations of phenazopyridine hydrochloride (PHCl) by three different techniques: (a) solid dispersion (coprecipitation), (b) microencapsulation. by phase separation coacervation using non-solvent addition technique and (c) pan coating. The three techniques studied resulted in different extents of sustaining the release of PHCl, in vitro, compared to the untreated drug. Pan coating proved to be the easiest and most convenient: technique for the preparation of sustained release PHCl microcapsules. With regard to the release kinetics of PHCl from each of the formulations prepared, the first order model was found to be the most suitable mechanism describing the release of the drug.