title: Formulation and evaluation of fast dissolving tablets of cinnarizine using superdisintegrant blends and subliming material.
abstract: The aim of this investigation was to develop fast dissolving tablet of cinnarizine. A combination of super disintegrants, i.e., sodium starch glycolate (SSG) and crosscarmellose sodium (CCS) were used along with camphor as a subliming material. An optimized concentration of camphor was added to aid the porosity of the tablet. A 3(2) full factorial design was applied to investigate the combined effect of two formulation variables: Amount of SSG and CCS. Infrared (IR) spectroscopy was performed to identify the physicochemical interaction between drug and polymer. IR spectroscopy showed that there is no interaction of drug with polymer. In the present study, direct compression was used to prepare the tablets. The powder mixtures were compressed into tablet using flat face multi punch tablet machine. Camphor was sublimed from the tablet by exposing the tablet to vacuum drier at 60°C for 12 hours. All the formulations were evaluated for their characteristics such as average weight, hardness, wetting time, friability, content uniformity, dispersion time (DT), and dissolution rate. An optimized tablet formulation (F 9) was found to have good hardness of 3.30 ± 0.10 kg/cm(2), wetting time of 42.33 ± 4.04 seconds, DT of 34.67 ± 1.53 seconds, and cumulative drug release of not less than 99% in 16 minutes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutics, Atmiya Institute of Pharmacy, Yogidham Gurukul, Rajkot, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Biswajit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.forename: Abhishek
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bagadiya
authors.forename: Sagar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Makwana
authors.forename: Vora
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vipul
authors.forename: Devraj
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Batt
authors.forename: Abhay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dharamsi