| Literature DB >> 17962066 |
Li Xinming1, Cui Yingde, Andrew W Lloyd, Sergey V Mikhalovsky, Susan R Sandeman, Carol A Howel, Liao Liewen.
Abstract
Only about 5% of drugs administrated by eye drops are bioavailable, and currently eye drops account for more than 90% of all ophthalmic formulations. The bioavailability of ophthalmic drugs can be improved by a soft contact lens-based ophthalmic drug delivery system. Several polymeric hydrogels have been investigated for soft contact lens-based ophthalmic drug delivery systems: (i) polymeric hydrogels for conventional contact lens to absorb and release ophthalmic drugs; (ii) polymeric hydrogels for piggyback contact lens combining with a drug plate or drug solution; (iii) surface-modified polymeric hydrogels to immobilize drugs on the surface of contact lenses; (iv) polymeric hydrogels for inclusion of drugs in a colloidal structure dispersed in the lens; (v) ion ligand-containing polymeric hydrogels; (vi) molecularly imprinted polymeric hydrogels which provide the contact lens with a high affinity and selectivity for a given drug. Polymeric hydrogels for these contact lens-based ophthalmic drug delivery systems, their advantages and drawbacks are critically analyzed in this review.Mesh：
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Year: 2007 PMID： 17962066 DOI： 10.1016/j.clae.2007.09.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cont Lens Anterior Eye ISSN： 1367-0484 Impact factor: 3.077