Influence of Crosslinking Agent on the Release of Drug from the Matrix Transdermal Patches of HPMC/Eudragit RL 100 Polymer Blends

Abstract

The present work was designed to develop suitable transdermal matrix patches using the polymer blends of hydroxy propyl methyl cellulose (HPMC) and Eudragit RL100 (ERL) with triethyl citrate as a plasticizer in group A and in group B, other than HPMC and ERL, crosslinking agent, succinic acid was added. A 32 full factorial design was employed for both groups. The concentration of HPMC and ERL were used as independent variables, while percentage drug release was selected as dependent variable. Physical evaluation was performed such as moisture content, moisture uptake, tensile strength, flatness and folding endurance. In vitro diffusion studies were performed using cellulose acetate membrane (pore size 0.45 µ) in a Franz’s diffusion cell. The concentration of diffused drug was measured using UV-visible spectrophotometer (V-530, Jasco) at λmax 272 nm. The experimental results shows that the transdermal drug delivery system (TDDS) containing ERL in higher proportion gives sustained the release of drug and patches containing crosslinking agent shows more release than those do not contains succinic acid.