TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM USED IN INFERTILITY DRUG MANAGEMENT: A REVIEW Authors: Verma P And Gokhale N
ABSTRACT
Infertility is inability to conceive naturally after one year of regular unprotected intercourse. Men and
women both are responsible for that equally. Female infertility 50 percent cases are due to lack of
conception, stressful condition, inflammation, ovulation disorder and excess radiation. Transdermal
drugs represent an attractive substitute to oral medications and are particularlyengaging when
compared with hypodermic injection. From ancient times human beings are applying medicinal
agents to the skin. Transdermal drug delivery is a self-contained discrete dosage form with increasing
patient compliance and avoiding first pass metabolism respectively. Improved patient compliance and
effectiveness are the most important aspects of a drug delivery system. For effective transdermal drug
delivery system, the drug must be able to penetrate the skin so that drug can easily reach the target
site. Different physical and chemical enhancers are used to improve the transdermal permeation rate
by increasing drug solubility, diffusion coefficient, and reservoir effect which is not feasible and leads
to toxic side effects. It has been found that drugs from herbal origin can be utilized with enhanced
efficacy by incorporating in transdermal drug patches. This review focused on to the delivery of
various allopathic and herbal via transdermal drug delivery system. It has been found that drugs as of
herbal origin can be consumed with enhanced efficacy by incorporating in transdermal delivery and
use of traditional physical and chemical enhancer like trandermal patch, nanoparticle, to improve the
transdermal permeation for infertility.
Keywords: Infertility; TDDS; Herbal drug; Allophathic drug; Liposome; Nosiome; Transdermal patch;
Transdermal Drug Delivery System
Publication date: 01/06/2022 https://ijbpas.com/pdf/2022/June/MS_IJBPAS_2022_6114.pdfDownload PDFhttps://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.6.6114