This document discusses excipients and their interactions with active pharmaceutical ingredients. It begins by defining excipients as inactive substances that are formulated alongside active ingredients for purposes such as bulking up medications. Excipients can affect properties like drug release, bioavailability, stability, and ease of administration. The document then examines ideal excipient properties and classifications. It proceeds to discuss four types of drug-excipient interactions: physical interactions which do not involve chemical changes; chemical interactions where ingredients react to form new compounds; biopharmaceutical interactions affecting absorption; and excipient-excipient interactions which can be undesirable or advantageous. Specific examples are provided to illustrate each type of interaction.
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Drug excipient interaction
1. Presented By-
Asha M .Jagtap.
Rajarambapu college of
pharmacy ,kasegaon.
M.Pharm 1st year
(Pharmaceutics)11/17/2017 1
2. INTRODUCTION
? Excipients play an important role in formulating a dosage
form. These are ingredients which along with active
pharmaceutical ingredients make up the dosage forms.
Excipients act as protective agents, bulking agents and can
also be used to improve bioavailability of drug.
? Excipients as like other active pharmaceutical ingredients
need to be stabilized and standardized.
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3. Excipient
¡°An excipient is an inactive substance formulated
alongside the active ingredient of a medication, for the
purpose of bulking-up formulations that contain potent active
ingredients¡±.
The resultant biological, chemical and physical properties of
the drug product are directly affected by the excipient chosen,
their concentration and interactions with the API:
Consistency of drug release and bioavailability
Stability including protection from degradation
Ease of administration to the target patient population(s) by
the intended route
¡°An excipient is an inactive substance formulated
alongside the active ingredient of a medication, for the
purpose of bulking-up formulations that contain potent active
ingredients¡±.
The resultant biological, chemical and physical properties of
the drug product are directly affected by the excipient chosen,
their concentration and interactions with the API:
Consistency of drug release and bioavailability
Stability including protection from degradation
Ease of administration to the target patient population
the intended route
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4. Ideal properties of Excipient
? No interaction with drug
? Cost effective
? Pharmacologically inert
? Stable for handling
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5. Excipient are inactive ingredients used as carriers for
the active ingredients in a pharmaceutical product.
These may be classified into the following categories:
Anti adherents
Binders
Disintegrants
Preservatives
Sweeteners
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6. Drug excipient interaction
In pharmaceutical dosage forms the active
pharmaceutical ingredients are in intimate contact
with the excipient which are greater quantity excipient
and drugs may have certain incompatibility which
lead to drug excipient interaction.
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7. Types of drug excipient Interactions
1.Physical interactions.
2.Chemical interactions.
3.Biopharmceutical interactions.
4. Excipient ¨CExcipient interactions.
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8. 1. Physical interactions.
physical interactions alter the rate of
dissolution , dosage uniformity ,etc. physical
interactions do not involve chemical changes thus
permitting the components in the formulation to retain
their molecular structure .physical interactions are
difficult to detect .
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9. Interaction Beneficial effect examples Detrimental effect
examples
Complexation:-
Usually binds reversibly
with drugs to form
complex, sometimes
insoluble complexes
are formed which lead to
slower
dissolution and decreased
absorption of
drug.
Cyclodextrin is often used to
improve bioavailability of
poorly water soluble drugs.
This increases
bioavailability and increases
rate and extent of drug
dissolution by
increasing mucosal
permeability or
increasing stability of drug.
Tetracycline formed
insoluble complex with
calcium carbonate
leading to slower
dissolution and
decreased absorption.
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10. 2. Chemical interactions
Active pharmaceutical ingredients and
exciepients react with each other to form unstable
compounds.
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11. Chemical interactions
Interaction Fact observed Examples of drugs
undergoing such
interactions
Hydrolysis Drugs with functional
groups like esters,
amides, lactones,
undergo hydrolysis, in
presence of water, low or
high pH, in presence of
alkaline metals, acids,
acids i.e. anion and
hydrogen ion, alkali etc.
Anesthetics , antibiotics,
vitamins, and
barbiturates,
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12. Oxidation Oxidative reactions are
catalyzed by oxygen, light,
heavy metal ions, fumed
metal oxides, fumed silica,
fumed, zirconia etc.
Steroids, Vitamins,
Antibiotics, Epinephrine,
Aldehydes, Alcohols,
Phenols.
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13. 3. Biopharmaceutical interactions
These are the interaction observed after
administration of the medication. Interaction within the body
is between medicine and body fluids which influence the
rate of absorption . All excipient physiological way when
they are administered along with active pharmaceutical
ingredients.
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14. Examples
1. Premature breakdown of enteric coat-
The enteric coating polymers like cellulose
acetate phthalate and hydroxyl propyl cellulose acetate
phthalate. Are soluble more at basic pH, but antacids raise
pH of stomach resulting in breakdown of the enteric coat in
stomach and release of active pharmaceutical ingredient in
stomach itself , which results in degradation of drug in
stomach. In case of NSAID¡¯s premature breakdown of
enteric coat may cause side effects like gastric bleeding.
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15. 2. Increase in gastrointestinal motility-
Many of the excipients like Sorbitol
,xylitol have tendency to increase the gastrointestinal
motility thus reducing the time available for absorption of
drugs like metoprolol.
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16. 4. Excipient ¨CExcipient interactions.
Excipient ¨Cexcipient interaction though observed
very rarely. These are prime importance in determining the
stability of the dosage forms excipient ¨Cexcipient
interactions can be undesirable as well as some
interactions are used in the formulations to get the desired
product attributes.
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