Immediate Drug Delivery: Importance and Applications

Immediate Drug Delivery is essential for certain medical conditions that require rapid administration of medications for effective treatment.

Various Medical Conditions Requiring Immediate Drug Delivery FAQ

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How can a drug delivery system help prevent side effects?

New and novel delivery systems, such as long-acting weekly formulations or biweekly and monthly injectable agents, can offer steady blood levels of the drug, avoiding the daily fluctuations that may lead to side effects.

Why are drug delivery systems preferred?

Generally, drug delivery systems (DDS) are preferred because direct clinical use of the active drug substances (APIs) “as they are” is very rare due to several reasons: API handling and accurate dosing can be difficult or impossible for very potent drugs (e.g., low mg and µg doses) [ 3 ].

What is a drug delivery system?

Drug delivery is a technique of delivering medication to a patient in such a manner that specifically increases the drug concentration in some parts of the body as compared to others [ 1 ]. The ultimate goal of any delivery system is to extend, confine and target the drug in the diseased tissue with a protected interaction.

Can a plant delivery system deliver drugs?

Many delivery systems have been used successfully recently, there has been a great development in the quest to deliver drugs from various plant sources to their target sites for treatment in the body, however there are numerous limitations and challenges to what these systems can achieve in treatment, some of which are discussed below.