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Effect of drug type on the degradation rate of PLGA matrices
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Effect of drug type on the degradation rate of PLGA matrices

Steven J. Siegel, Jonathan B. Kahn, Kayla Metzger, Karen I. Winey, Kathryn Werner and Nily Dan
European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics, v 64(3), pp 287-293
2006
PMID: 16949804

Abstract

Controlled release Diffusion-reaction Kinetics PLGA Solubility
We compare the rate of drug release through the degradation of 50:50 polylactic-co-glycolic acid polymer pellets, for six different drugs: Thiothixene, Haloperidol, Hydrochlorothiozide, Corticosterone, Ibuprofen, and Aspirin. Despite using the same polymer matrix and drug loading (20% by weight), we find that the rate of polymer degradation and the drug release profile differ significantly between the drugs. We conclude that the design of biodegradable polymeric drug carriers with high drug loadings must account for the effect of the drug on the polymer degradation and drug release rate.

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