Síntese e caracterização de matriz porosa quitosana/fentanil para implementação como sistema de liberação controlada de fentanil.

Abstract

In conventional medical therapy the drug is administered via a dosage form and produces a tissue level of the drug that is not maintained within the therapeutic range over an extended period of time. Thus, the success of the treatment will depend on several factors such as accurate and frequent dosing at predetermined specific times and patient adherence to therapy so that the non-compliance to the treatment regimen can result in use of the drug in not effective range or toxic levels Due to the great problem of maintaining serum levels of drugs in the human body, especially in the case if drugs related to the treatment of moderate to severe pain, this paper proposes the development of porous membranes chitosan base, which is a biocompatible natural polymer, capable of promoting the controlled release of fentanyl. The matrices obtained were characterized by: OM, SEM, EDS, FTIR, XRD, Swelling test, biodegradation test and Cytotoxicity Assay. For OM and SEM there was apparently a surface with interconnected pores. From the EDS analysis can verify the elements of chitosan and drug. FTIR and XRD noted not to change functional groups of crystallinity and, respectively, of the material due to the incorporation of the drug. Based on swellings and biodegradation tests verified the ability to control the following variables: swelling ratio and degradation rate solely by varying the concentration of the chitosan porous membrane. It was found that the cytotoxicity assay the membranes, even with the incorporation of the drug did not show cytotoxicity. Based on the results obtained it was concluded that it is possible to synthesize a polymer matrix with promising properties to adduce drug and in vivo tests.