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ArticlePharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Formulation and Evaluation of Loperamide HCl Oro Dispersible Tablets.

Blasco Alejandro, Torrado Guillermo, Peña M Ángeles

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Article in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Blasco AlejandroCentro Militar de Farmacia de la Defensa, Carretera M-609 de Miraflores, Km 34, Colmenar Viejo, 28770 Madrid, Spain.
Torrado GuillermoUnidad Docente de Farmacia y Tecnología Farmacéutica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, E-28871 Madrid, Spain.
Peña M ÁngelesUnidad Docente de Farmacia y Tecnología Farmacéutica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, E-28871 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0908-8286
Universidad de Alcalá · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This work proposes the design of novel oral disintegrating tablets (ODTs) of loperamide HCl with special emphasis on disintegration and dissolution studies. The main goal was augmenting the adherence to treatment of diseases which happen with diarrhea in soldiers who are exposed to diverse kinds of hostile environments. Optimized orally disintegrating tablets were prepared by the direct compression method from galenic development to the industrial scale technique, thanks to strategic and support actions between the Spanish Army Force Lab and the Department of Biomedical Sciences (UAH). The results show that loperamide HCl ODT offers a rapid beginning of action and improvement in the bioavailability of poorly absorbed drugs. The manufactured ODTs complied with the pharmacopeia guidelines regarding hardness, weight variation, thickness, friability, drug content, wetting time, percentage of water absorption, disintegration time, and in vitro dissolution profile. Drug compatibility with excipients was checked by DSC, FTIR, and SEM studies.

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loperamide hydrochlorideorodispersible tabletphysicochemical characterization

Identifiers

PMID32443638
PMCPMC7281284
OpenAlexW3025451931

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