Stabilization Mechanism of Roxithromycin Tablets Under Gastric pH Conditions
Autor: | Koki Inukai, Shigeru Itai, Yasunori Iwao, Shuji Noguchi, Shin-ichiro Kimura |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
medicine.drug_class
Antibiotics Pharmaceutical Science Erythromycin 02 engineering and technology Pharmacology Azithromycin 030226 pharmacology & pharmacy Macrolide Antibiotics Gastric Acid 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Drug Stability Oral administration Clarithromycin medicine Humans Roxithromycin Chemistry Hydrogen-Ion Concentration 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Enteric coating Anti-Bacterial Agents 0210 nano-technology medicine.drug |
Zdroj: | Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 107:2514-2518 |
ISSN: | 0022-3549 |
Popis: | Macrolide antibiotics are widely used at clinical sites. Clarithromycin (CAM), a 14-membered macrolide antibiotic, was reported to gelate under acidic conditions. Gelation allows oral administration of acid-sensitive CAM without enteric coating by hindering the penetration of gastric fluid into CAM tablets. However, it is unknown whether this phenomenon occurs in other macrolide antibiotics. In this study, we examined the gelation ability of 3 widely used macrolide antibiotics, roxithromycin (RXM), erythromycin A, and azithromycin. The results indicated that not only CAM but also RXM gelated under acidic conditions. Erythromycin A and azithromycin did not gelate under the same conditions. Gelation of RXM delayed the disintegration of the tablet and release of RXM from the tablet. Disintegration and release were also delayed in commercial RXM tablets containing disintegrants. This study showed that 2 of the 4 macrolides gelated, which affects tablet disintegration and dissolution and suggests that this phenomenon might also occur in other macrolides. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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