PULSATILE DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM: A REVIEW

Abstract

The purpose for this review on pulsatile drug delivery systems (PDDS) is to compile the recent literatures with special focus on the different types and approaches involved in the development of the formulation. Pulsatile drug delivery system is the most interesting time and site-specific system. Diseases wherein PDDS are promising include asthma, peptic ulcer, cardiovascular diseases, arthritis,attention deficit syndrome in children, and hypercholesterolemia. PDDS can be classified into time controlled systems wherein the drug release is controlled primarily by the delivery system; stimuli induced PDDS in which release is controlled by the stimuli, like the pH or enzymes present in the Intestinal tract or enzymes present in the drug delivery system and externally regulated system where release is programmed by external stimuli like magnetism, ultrasound, electrical effect and irradiation. Marketed product like Pulsicap®, Ritalin® and Pulsys® are based on pulsatile release system. The aim of this review is to describe several types of drug delivery systems. This review also summarizes some current PDDS already available in the market. These systems are useful to several problems encountered during the development of a pharmaceutical dosage form.

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