Novel oral drug delivery systems for steroids: Overview and recent updates

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research

Abstract

This review summarises the oral route of drug delivery of steroids. Oral drug delivery is widespread owing to its non-invasive nature which complements high patient compliance. This article summarises the problems associated with oral delivery of steroids including bioavailability. In this review, a brief description of the novel types of drug delivery systems of steroids such as microspheres, nanoparticles, solid lipid nanoparticles, multi-matrix tablets, pellet technology, liposomes are presented. The review also presents the latest innovations and advances that have been achieved in recent years.

First Page

541

Last Page

549

DOI

10.5530/ijper.54.3.102

Publication Date

7-1-2020

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