Controlled delivery of a hydrophilic drug from a biodegradable microsphere system by supercritical anti-solvent precipitation technique

S. Lee, M. S. Kim, J. S. Kim, H. J. Park, J. S. Woo, B. C. Lee, Sung Joo Hwang

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to prepare microspheres loaded with hydrophilic drug, bupivacaine HCl using poly(D,L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) and poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA). Microspheres were prepared with varying the PLGA/PLLA ratio with two different levels of bupivacaine HCl (5 and 10%) using a supercritical anti-solvent (SAS) technique. Microspheres ranging from 4-10 μm in geometric mean diameter could be prepared, with high loading efficiency. Powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) revealed that bupivacaine HCl retained its crystalline state within the polymer and was present as a dispersion within the polymer phase after SAS processing. The release of bupivacaine HCl from biodegradable polymer microspheres was rapid up to 4h, thereafter bupivacaine HCl was continuously and slowly released for at least 7 days according to the PLGA/PLLA ratio and the molecular weight of PLLA.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)741-749
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Microencapsulation
Volume23
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006 Nov

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the National Research Laboratory program (M1-0302-00-0016) in the series of MOST-NRDP in the Ministry of Science and Technology, Korea.

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Bioengineering
  • Pharmaceutical Science
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Colloid and Surface Chemistry

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