Swelling and Drug Release Characteristics of Poly （methacrylic acid-co-poloxamer） hydrogels

Poly (methacrylie acid co-poloxamer) hydrogel networks were synthesized by free-radical solution polymerization, and the dynamic swelling and in vitro release properties of model drugs, dextromethorphan hydrobromide (DMP) and vitamin B12 (VB12) were studied. These gels exhibited pH-dependant swelling and sustained drug release properties, and the water uptake rate and drug release rate in neutral or basic media were higher than that in acidic media. The results showed that the water uptake followed non-Fickian or zero order process in neutral or basic media, and the release of model drugs from hydrogels of appropriate composition was of zero order kinetics over a period of several hours.

Poly (methacrylic acid-co-poloxamer) hydrogel networks were synthesized byfree-radical solution polymerization, and the dynamic swelling and in vitro release properties ofmodel drugs, dextromethorphan hydrobromide (DMP) and vitamin B_(12) (VB_(12)) were studied. Thesegels exhibited pH-dependant swelling and sustained drug release properties, and the water uptakerate and drug release rate in neutral or basic media were higher than that in acidic media. Theresults showed that the water uptake followed non-Fickian or zero order process in neutral or basicmedia, and the release of model drugs from hydrogels of appropriate composition was of zero orderkinetics over a period of several hours.