Floating Drug Delivery System

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Abstract

Floating drug delivery system (FDDS) helps to improve the buoyancy property of the drug over the gastric fluids and hence maintain the longer duration of action. It is helpful in minimizing the dosing frequency. The density of dosage form must be less than the density of gastric contents (1.004 gm/ml) in FDDS. It may effervescent or non-effervescent system. The drugs having narrow absorption window in GIT is good candidate for the floating drug delivery system. The main objective of writing this review article is to compile the recent literature with special focus on classification, method of preparation, mechanism of action advantages and disadvantages. 

Keywords: Floating drug delivery system, Sustained release, controlled release, Floating tablet, Evaluation, Application, Gastro-retentive drug delivery system.

Keywords:

Floating drug delivery system, Sustained release, controlled release, Floating tablet, Evaluation, Application, Gastro-retentive drug delivery system

DOI

https://doi.org/10.22270/jddt.v11i3-S.4828

Author Biographies

Sanjay Thakur, Department of Pharmaceutics, Oxbridge College of Pharmacy. No. 7,8,9, Mahadeshwar Nagar extension, Bangalore, Karnataka – 560091

Department of Pharmaceutics, Oxbridge College of Pharmacy. No. 7,8,9, Mahadeshwar Nagar extension, Bangalore, Karnataka – 560091

Krishnappa Ramya, Department of Pharmaceutics, Oxbridge College of Pharmacy. No. 7,8,9, Mahadeshwar Nagar extension, Bangalore, Karnataka – 560091

Department of Pharmaceutics, Oxbridge College of Pharmacy. No. 7,8,9, Mahadeshwar Nagar extension, Bangalore, Karnataka – 560091

Deepak Kumar Shah, Department of Pharmaceutics, Karnataka College of pharmacy. 33/2, Thirumenahalli, Chokkanahalli, Bangalore, Karnataka- 560054

Department of Pharmaceutics, Karnataka College of pharmacy. 33/2, Thirumenahalli, Chokkanahalli, Bangalore, Karnataka- 560054

Khadga Raj, Scholar, Department of Pharmacology, ISF College of Pharmacy, Moga, Punjab, India -142001

Scholar, Department of Pharmacology, ISF College of Pharmacy, Moga, Punjab, India -142001

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2021-06-15
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Thakur S, Ramya K, Shah DK, Raj K. Floating Drug Delivery System. J. Drug Delivery Ther. [Internet]. 2021 Jun. 15 [cited 2026 Jan. 21];11(3-S):125-30. Available from: https://jddtonline.info/index.php/jddt/article/view/4828

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Thakur S, Ramya K, Shah DK, Raj K. Floating Drug Delivery System. J. Drug Delivery Ther. [Internet]. 2021 Jun. 15 [cited 2026 Jan. 21];11(3-S):125-30. Available from: https://jddtonline.info/index.php/jddt/article/view/4828