Abstract
Celecoxib, an anti-inflammatory drug for pain and arthritis, is currently only available in capsule form. To reduce the onset time for a faster action and to lower the manufacturing cost, the tablet dosage form is more preferred. However, the commercial celecoxib (Form III) is not suitable for direct compression (DC) tablet manufacture due to poor flow, low bulk density, and tablet lamination. In this work, we overcome these challenges using a pharmaceutically acceptable dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) solvate of celecoxib. Aided with the DMSO solvate, an acceptable DC tablet formulation was successfully developed to manufacture tablets containing 200 mg celecoxib, with satisfactory manufacturability, disintegration, and in vitro dissolution performance.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 120239 |
Journal | International journal of pharmaceutics |
Volume | 596 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Part of this work were carried out in the Characterization Facility, University of Minnesota, a member of the NSF-funded Materials Research Facilities Network (www.mrfn.org) via the MRSEC program. The Bruker-AXS D8 Venture diffractometer was purchased through a grant from NSF/MRI (#1229400) and the University of Minnesota.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier B.V.
Keywords
- Celecoxib
- Crystal engineering
- Direct compression
- Formulation development
- Solvate
PubMed: MeSH publication types
- Journal Article