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ArticleGels (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Increasing the Hydrophobic Component of Poloxamers and the Inclusion of Salt Extend the Release of Bupivacaine from Injectable In Situ Gels, While Common Polymer Additives Have Little Effect.

Hani Abdeltawab, Darren Svirskis, Andrew G Hill, Manisha Sharma

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Article in Gels (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Hani AbdeltawabSchool of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1023, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-3130-6761
Darren SvirskisSchool of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1023, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0001-9435-1773
Andrew G HillDepartment of Surgery, South Auckland Clinical Campus, The University of Auckland, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland 2025, New Zealand.
Manisha SharmaSchool of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1023, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-0692-3223

Funding

New Zealand Pharmacy Education and Research Foundation (NZPERF) 3719172
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Various strategies have been applied to reduce the initial burst of drug release and sustain release from poloxamer-based thermoresponsive gels. This work focussed on investigating different formulation approaches to minimise the initial burst of release and sustain the release of the small hydrophilic drug bupivacaine hydrochloride from poloxamer-based thermoresponsive gels. Various in situ gel formulations were prepared by varying the polypropylene oxide (PPO)/polyethylene oxide (PEO) ratio and by adding additives previously described in the literature. It was observed that increasing the PPO/PEO ratio from 0.28 to 0.30 reduced the initial burst release from 17.3% ± 1.8 to 9.1% ± 1.2 during the first six hours and extended the release profile from 10 to 14 days. Notably, the inclusion of sodium chloride (NaCl 0.4%

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additive polymerbupivacaine hydrochlorideburst releasephysical blendingpoloxamerssodium chloridesustained drug release

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PMID36005085
PMCPMC9407117

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