Faculty Articles
PubMed Identifier
30324360
In Vivo Evaluation of Taste-Masked Fast-Disintegrating Sublingual Tablets of Epinephrine Microcrystals
Publication Title
AAPS PharmSciTech [electronic resource]
Volume
19
Issue
8
Publication Date / Copyright Date
11-1-2018
First Page
3886
Last Page
3894
DOI Number
10.1208/s12249-018-1171-4
Abstract
In community settings, IM injection of 0.3 mg epinephrine (Epi) using an auto-injector is the drug of choice for treatment of anaphylaxis. Previously, a taste-masking (TM) formulation of fast-disintegrating sublingual tablets (FDSTs) was developed in our lab. Also, Epi was micronized (Epi-MC) successfully and reduced the previously achieved bioequivalent sublingual Epi dose to 0.3 mg IM injection by half using non-taste-masked fast-disintegrating sublingual tablets (TM-FDSTs). Our objective for this study was to evaluate the sublingual absorption of Epi-MC using TM-FDST. These sublingual Epi tablets have potential for out-of-hospital treatment of anaphylaxis and are suitable for human studies. TM-FDSTs containing Epi-MC were manufactured by direct compression. The rate and extent of Epi absorption from our developed 20 mg Epi-MC-TM-FDSTs (n = 5) were evaluated in rabbits and compared to the previous result from 20 mg Epi-MC in non-TM-FDSTs and EpiPen® auto-injector. Blood samples were collected over 1 h, and Epi concentrations were measured using HPLC with electrochemical detection. Mean ± SEM AUC
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Keywords
Administration, Sublingual, Anaphylaxis, Animals, Bronchodilator Agents, Drug Evaluation, Preclinical, Epinephrine, Excipients, Female, Injections, Intramuscular, Microspheres, Rabbits, Random Allocation, Tablets, Taste
NSUWorks Citation
Rachid, Ousama; Simons, Keith J; and Rawas-Qalaji, Mutasem, "In Vivo Evaluation of Taste-Masked Fast-Disintegrating Sublingual Tablets of Epinephrine Microcrystals" (2018). Faculty Articles. 139.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_corx_facarticles/139