Polymeric gels for intravaginal drug delivery

MT Cook, MB Brown - Journal of Controlled Release, 2018 - Elsevier
Intravaginal drug delivery can elicit a local effect, or deliver drugs systemically without
hepatic first pass metabolism. There are a number of emerging areas in intravaginal drug …

Long-acting approaches for delivery of antiretroviral drugs for prevention and treatment of HIV: a review of recent research

DA Cobb, NA Smith, BJ Edagwa… - Expert opinion on drug …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Despite significant advances in treatment and prevention of HIV-1 infection,
poor adherence to daily combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens remains a major …

Disulfiram 3D printed film produced via hot-melt extrusion techniques as a potential anticervical cancer candidate

A Almotairy, M Alyahya, A Althobaiti, M Almutairi… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cervical cancer is known globally as one of the most common health problems in women.
Indeed, one of the most convenient approaches for its treatment is an appropriate …

Montmorillonite-based polyacrylamide hydrogel rings for controlled vaginal drug delivery

G Sharifzadeh, H Hezaveh, II Muhamad… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Vaginal drug delivery is regarded as a promising route against women-related health issues
such as unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. However, only a very …

Manufacturing and examination of vaginal drug delivery system by FDM 3D printing

P Arany, I Papp, M Zichar, G Regdon Jr, M Béres… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Vaginal drug delivery systems can provide a long-term and constant liberation of the active
pharmaceutical ingredient even for months. For our experiment, FDM 3D printing was used …

Microbicide vaginal rings: Technological challenges and clinical development

RK Malcolm, PJ Boyd, CF McCoy, DJ Murphy - Advanced drug delivery …, 2016 - Elsevier
Vaginal rings (VRs) are flexible, torus-shaped, polymeric devices designed to sustain
delivery of pharmaceutical drugs to the vagina for clinical benefit. Following first report in a …

Women-specific routes of administration for drugs: A critical overview

J das Neves, F Notario-Perez, B Sarmento - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
The woman's body presents a number of unique anatomical features that can constitute
valuable routes for the administration of drugs, either for local or systemic action. These are …

HIV-1 reverse transcriptase and antiviral drug resistance. Part 2

K Das, E Arnold - Current opinion in virology, 2013 - Elsevier
Highlights•Discrimination and excision are major NRTI resistance mechanisms.•NRTIs used
in combination select different resistance mutations.•Complexes of NNRTI with RT-DNA in …

Intravaginal rings as delivery systems for microbicides and multipurpose prevention technologies

AR Thurman, MR Clark, JA Hurlburt… - International journal of …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
There is a renewed interest in delivering pharmaceutical products via intravaginal rings
(IVRs). IVRs are flexible torus-shaped drug delivery systems that can be easily inserted and …

Long-acting antiretrovirals: where are we now?

AN Nyaku, SG Kelly, BO Taiwo - Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Current HIV treatment options require daily use of combination
antiretroviral drugs. Many persons living with HIV experience treatment fatigue and …