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Stable solid dispersion of lurasidone hydrochloride with augmented physicochemical properties for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
Author(s) -
Pardhi Vishwas P.,
Flora Swaran
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
biopharmaceutics and drug disposition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.419
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-081X
pISSN - 0142-2782
DOI - 10.1002/bdd.2252
Subject(s) - dissolution , chemistry , differential scanning calorimetry , solubility , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , bioavailability , dispersion (optics) , nuclear chemistry , pharmacology , organic chemistry , chemical engineering , medicine , physics , optics , engineering , thermodynamics
Crystalline solid dispersion of lurasidone hydrochloride (LH) was made with various polar and non‐polar small molecules to overcome the poor aqueous solubility issue. LH‐Glutathione (GSH) solid dispersion in 1:1 ratio was prepared by co‐grinding method and characterized by using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), powder X‐ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and Raman spectroscopy. GSH acts as antioxidant and reported for anti‐schizophrenic activity may provide synergistic action with LH or reduce the side effects. LH in LH‐GSH solid dispersion (SD) has shown improvement in solubility by 7.9 folds than plain drug which translated in terms of improved dissolution rate by two‐folds. The in vitro dissolution results showed maximum dissolution rate with LH‐GSH SD (97.85 ± 2.40%) compared to plain drug (50.5 ± 3.02%) at 15 min (t 15 min, %) and thus, satisfying criteria of immediate release dosage form. DSC and FTIR data confirmed the stability of LH‐GSH SD for 3 months at accelerated stability condition (40 ± 2°C and 75 ± 5% RH). The prepared LH‐GSH SD can be used as a tool to target dual problems that is, enhanced physicochemical properties along with possible management of disorder which could be due to synergism with co‐administered GSH. This approach is thought to be efficiently providing the relief to the psychological patients.