Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Drug Delivery Techniques

Drug delivery is the method of administering a pharmaceutical compound to develop a therapeutic effect in humans or animals. It is integrated concept with dosage form and route of administration. Nasal and pulmonary routes of drug delivery techniques are gaining importance for the treatment of human diseases. These methods are concerned with the drug release profile, absorption, distribution and elimination for the advancement of the product viability and safety and patient convenience and compliance. To lower the drug degradation and loss, to increase drug bioavailability and to prevent harmful side-effects various drug delivery and drug targeting techniques are currently under development.