Solubility and dissolution rate of drugs are of major importance in pre-formulation studies of pharmaceutical dosage forms. The solubility improvement allows the drugs to be potential biowaiver candidates and may be a good way to develop more dose-efficient formulations. Solubility behaviour of lamivudine, stavudine and zidovudine in individual solvents (under pH range of 1.2 to 7.5) was studied by equilibrium solubility and intrinsic dissolution methods. In solubility study by equilibrium method (shake-flask technique), known amounts of drug were added in each media until to reach saturation and the mixture was subjected to agitation of 150 rpm for 72 hours at 37 °C. In intrinsic dissolution test, known amount of each drug was compressed in the matrix of Wood's apparatus and subjected to dissolution in each media with agitation of 50 rpm at 37 °C. In solubility by equilibrium method, lamivudine and zidovudine can be considered as highly soluble drugs. Although stavudine present high solubility in pH 4.5, 6.8, 7.5 and water, the solubility determination in pH 1.2 was not possible due stability problems. Regarding to intrinsic dissolution, lamivudine and stavudine present high speed of dissolution. Considering a boundary value presented by Yu and colleagues (2004), all drugs studied present high solubility characteristics in intrinsic dissolution method. Based on the obtained results, intrinsic dissolution seems to be superior for solubility studies as an alternative method for biopharmaceutical classification purposes.Uniterms: Drugs/solubility. Drugs/dissolution rate. Intrinsic dissolution/method/biopharmaceutical classification. Biopharmaceutical Classification System.A solubilidade e a taxa de dissolução de fármacos são de grande importância em estudos de pré-formulação de formas farmacêuticas. A melhora na solubilidade permite que os fármacos sejam candidatos potenciais à bioisenção, podendo ser uma boa maneira para desenvolver formulações dose-eficientes. O comportamento de solubilidade da lamivudina, estavudina e zidovudina em solventes individuais (sob faixa de pH 1,2 a 7,5) foi estudado pelos métodos de solubilidade em equilíbrio e dissolução intrínseca. No estudo de solubilidade pelo método do equilíbrio (método de agitação de frascos), conhecidas quantidades do fármaco foram adicionadas em cada meio até atingirem a saturação e a mistura foi submetida à agitação de 150 rpm por 72 horas a 37 °C. No ensaio de dissolução intrínseca, conhecida quantidade de cada fármaco foi comprimida na matriz do aparato de Wood e submetida à dissolução em cada meio com agitação de 50 rpm a 37 °C. No método de solubilidade em equilíbrio, a lamivudina e a zidovudina podem ser consideradas como fármacos altamente solúveis. Embora a estavudina apresente alta solubilidade nos meios pH 4,5, 6,8, 7,5 e água, a determinação da solubilidade em pH 1,2 não foi possível devido a problemas de estabilidade. Com relação à dissolução intrínseca, a lamivudina e a estavudina apresentaram alta velocidade de dissolução. Considerando o valor ...

This review proposes a statistical and qualitative comparison between the main techniques derived from the original PAMPA method and experimental results obtained from Caco-2 and human jejunum. Among them, PAMPA techniques variations developed by some of the most renowned authors on the subject. The comparison is made from 16 common structurally diverse molecules, taking into account mainly membrane lipid composition and incubation conditions. A BCS classification prediction of the studied molecules was also possible to make. Finally, it was possible to raise and prove important previous hypotheses, aside from pointing out the best PAMPA model to predict human data.

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