PURPOSE: In clinical practice heparin has to be administered by injection with obvious disadvantages; thus, transdermal delivery by electrically assisted methods have been studied. In this study we evaluated the efficacy of a Food and Drug Administration-approved pulsed current iontophoresis system in delivering heparin through living rat skin. METHODS: Fluorescent and radioactive heparin as well as a commercial heparin preparation were delivered through rat skin via a pulsed current iontophoresis system. RESULTS: Pulsed current iontophoresis allowed fluorescent heparin to cross the stratum corneum localizing in epidermis and dermis. Unfractionated, high-, and low molecular weight fraction pools, obtained by fractionating [35S]-unfractionated heparin on a molecular weight sieve, were then separately tested. Pulsed current iontophoresis elicited the transdermal delivery of low molecular weight heparin, but not that of high molecular weight heparin. Finally, pulsed current iontophoresis of an unfractionated pharmaceutical heparin preparation significantly decreased plasmatic factor Xa activity. CONCLUSIONS: We hypothesize that this technique could be used to administer low molecular weight heparin in a cost-efficient and safe manner without the need for syringes and needles. PMID: 16362453 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Transdermal delivery of heparin using pulsed current iontophoresis / S. PACINI;T. PUNZI;M. GULISANO;F. CECCHI;S. VANNUCCHI; M. RUGGIERO. - In: PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH. - ISSN 0724-8741. - STAMPA. - 23:(2006), pp. 114-120.

Transdermal delivery of heparin using pulsed current iontophoresis

PACINI, STEFANIA;GULISANO, MASSIMO;VANNUCCHI, SIMONETTA;RUGGIERO, MARCO
2006

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PURPOSE: In clinical practice heparin has to be administered by injection with obvious disadvantages; thus, transdermal delivery by electrically assisted methods have been studied. In this study we evaluated the efficacy of a Food and Drug Administration-approved pulsed current iontophoresis system in delivering heparin through living rat skin. METHODS: Fluorescent and radioactive heparin as well as a commercial heparin preparation were delivered through rat skin via a pulsed current iontophoresis system. RESULTS: Pulsed current iontophoresis allowed fluorescent heparin to cross the stratum corneum localizing in epidermis and dermis. Unfractionated, high-, and low molecular weight fraction pools, obtained by fractionating [35S]-unfractionated heparin on a molecular weight sieve, were then separately tested. Pulsed current iontophoresis elicited the transdermal delivery of low molecular weight heparin, but not that of high molecular weight heparin. Finally, pulsed current iontophoresis of an unfractionated pharmaceutical heparin preparation significantly decreased plasmatic factor Xa activity. CONCLUSIONS: We hypothesize that this technique could be used to administer low molecular weight heparin in a cost-efficient and safe manner without the need for syringes and needles. PMID: 16362453 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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