Journal
DRUG DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL PHARMACY
Volume 45, Issue 6, Pages 914-921Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/03639045.2019.1578788
Keywords
Migraine; sublingual film; maltodextrin; pullulan; dihydroergotamine mesylate
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- Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council-TUBITAK [216S279]
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Dihydroergotamine mesylate (DHE), ergotamine derivative, has been offered for clinical use to stop or treat symptoms of an emerging migraine as injection for more than a half century. It is shown that bioavailability of DHE greatly changes between the subjects and up to 99% of the orally absorbed dose may be cleared by first pass metabolism. The aim of this study was to design and optimize DHE fast-dissolving sublingual films for migraine treatment. For this purpose pullulan and maltodextrin was chosen as film-forming polymers and propylene glycol as plasticizer. For optimization process Box Behnken design was used. The formed films were free from air bubbles, cuttings, or cracks. Disintegration, mechanical strength and dissolution of films were compared. It is found that pullulan and maltodextrin formed films with the most desired properties at the concentration of 1.5% and 2%. The application of optimum formulation to rabbits showed that bioavailability of formulation is about 23.35% with a t(max) 20min. Due to this fast onset of action and higher bioavailability than oral administration, it is suggested that the polymer combinations of pullulan and maltodextrin formed successful films and were considered as an alternative dosage form for DHE in migraine therapy.
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