Journal
CHEMICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL BULLETIN
Volume 51, Issue 12, Pages 1455-1457Publisher
PHARMACEUTICAL SOC JAPAN
DOI: 10.1248/cpb.51.1455
Keywords
dry powder inhalation; lactose carrier particle; salbutamol sulfate; surface covering; sucrose tristearate
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The effect of the surface covering of lactose carrier particles on the dry powder inhalation properties of salbutamol sulfate was investigated. Lactose carrier surfaces were covered with sucrose tristearate (J-1803F) by a high-speed elliptical-rotor-type powder mixer (Theta-Composer(R)). In the present study, drug/carrier powder mixtures were prepared consisting of micronized salbutamol sulfate and lactose carriers with various particle surface conditions prepared by surface covering. These powder mixtures were aerosolized by a Jethaler(R), and the in vitro inhalation properties of salbutamol sulfate were evaluated by a twin impinger. Compared with the powder mixed with uncovered lactose carrier, the in vitro inhalation properties of the powder mixture prepared using the surface covering lactose carrier were significantly different, showing that the in vitro inhalation properties of salbutamol sulfate were improved. In vitro inhalation properties increased with the percentage of J-1803F added. Using this surface covering system would thus be valuable for increasing the inhalation properties of dry powder inhalation with lactose carrier particles.
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