European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF TRANSDERMAL PATCH OF ANTI HYPERLIPIDEMIC AGENT

*Sarla Ramchandra Rewatkar, Reena Shinde and Satkar Prasad

ABSTRACT

This century has witnessed several spectacular developments in the field of pharmaceutical sciences especially in
the drug delivery systems. The newer drug delivery technology has received an increasing attention in the face of
growing awareness that drugs are excessively toxic and sometimes ineffective, when administered or applied by
conventional means. Thus, conventionally administered drug formulations such as tablets, capsules, injections and
oral liquids that are administered as multidoses usually produce large fluctuation of drug concentration in the
blood stream. Transdermal drug delivery system has been in existence for a long time. The occurrence of systemic
side effects with some of these formulations is indicative of absorption through skin. A number of drugs have been
applied to the skin for systemic treatment.

Keywords: Pharmaceutical sciences, administered, Transdermal drug delivery system.