This document discusses sonophoretic drug delivery systems. Sonophoresis uses ultrasound to enhance the migration of drug molecules through the skin. Ultrasound disrupts the lipid bilayers of the skin, increasing permeability. It works by generating cavitation bubbles near or on the skin surface that disrupt the structure of the stratum corneum through oscillations and shock waves, creating pathways for drug penetration. The document covers the advantages and limitations of sonophoresis, its mechanisms of action, parameters for ultrasound use, and applications for drug delivery.
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Delivery of drugs directly to their site of action reduces the dose needed to produce a pharmacological effect.
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Excipients are one of the three components that in combination produce the medicine that the patient will take.
In therapeutic terms, the API is of primary importance because without it there is no treatment and no product.
In term of drug manufacturing all three of them are equally important so we cannot neglect anyone of them.
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Pulmonary route used to treat different respiratory diseases from last decade.
The inhalation therapies involved the use of leaves from plants, vapours from aromatic plants, balsams, and myhrr.
Pulmonary drug delivery is primarily used to treat conditions of the airways, delivering locally acting drugs directly to their site of action.
Delivery of drugs directly to their site of action reduces the dose needed to produce a pharmacological effect.
Evaluation methods for drug excipients and container interactionSagar Savale
Excipients are one of the three components that in combination produce the medicine that the patient will take.
In therapeutic terms, the API is of primary importance because without it there is no treatment and no product.
In term of drug manufacturing all three of them are equally important so we cannot neglect anyone of them.
The interactions between excipients and the other two components (the API and the manufacturing process), and/or between two or more excipients, are fundamental to the transformation of an API into a medicinal product.
1. Structure of skin.
2. Skin relating problems :
a. Dry skin
b. Acne
c. Pigmentation
d. Prickly heat
e. Wrinkles
f. Body odour
3. Structure of hair.
4. Hair growth cycle.
Introduction to Nasal drug delivery system,Anatomy of Nasal cavity,Advantages n limitataions of Nasal DDS,Mechanism,factors affecting Nasal DDS,Formulation,methods to enhance Nasal DDS,Dosage forms,Evalaution
Transdermal Drug Delivery System (TDDS) is the one of the novel technology to deliver the molecules through the skin for long period of time.
Transdermal Drug Delivery System (TDDS) are defined as self contained, discrete dosage forms which are also known as “patches” 2, 3 when patches are applied to the intact skin, deliver the drug through the skin at a controlled rate to the systemic circulation
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1. Structure of skin.
2. Skin relating problems :
a. Dry skin
b. Acne
c. Pigmentation
d. Prickly heat
e. Wrinkles
f. Body odour
3. Structure of hair.
4. Hair growth cycle.
Introduction to Nasal drug delivery system,Anatomy of Nasal cavity,Advantages n limitataions of Nasal DDS,Mechanism,factors affecting Nasal DDS,Formulation,methods to enhance Nasal DDS,Dosage forms,Evalaution
Transdermal Drug Delivery System (TDDS) is the one of the novel technology to deliver the molecules through the skin for long period of time.
Transdermal Drug Delivery System (TDDS) are defined as self contained, discrete dosage forms which are also known as “patches” 2, 3 when patches are applied to the intact skin, deliver the drug through the skin at a controlled rate to the systemic circulation
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Structure of Surfactants , Resistance to Osmotic Stress , Characterization of niosomes ,Therapeutic applications of Niosomes , For Controlled Release of Drugs , To Improve the Stability and Physical Properties of the Drugs , For Targeting and Retention of Drug in Blood Circulation , Proniosomes , Aspasomes , Vesicles in Water and Oil System (v/w/o) ,Bola - niosomes , Discomes , Deformable niosomes or elastic niosomes , According to the nature of lamellarity ,Small Unilamellar vesicles (SUV) 25 – 500 nm in size.,Large Unilamellar vesicles (LUV) 0.1 – 1μm in size , Multilamellar vesicles (MLV) 1-5 μm in size , According to the size:Small Niosomes (100 nm – 200 nm) , Large Niosomes (800 nm – 900 nm),Big Niosomes (2 μm – 4 μm)
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1. Sonophoretic Drug
Delivery System
By,
Dr. Shreeraj Shah
Associate Professor,
Dept. of Pharmaceutical
Technology,
L. J. Institute of
Pharmacy, Ahmedabad
1
2. Contents
Introduction
Advantages
Limitations
Sonophoresis: a historical perspective
Generation of ultrasound
Biological effect of ultrasound
Mechanism of sonophoresis
Synergetic effect with other enhancers
Types of Sonophoresis
Safety
Devices Used In Sonophoresis
Future trends
Applications of sonophoresis
Drugs used by sonophoretic drug delivery
Sonophoresis vs. iontophoresis
Conclusion
References
2
3. Introduction
Definition: sonophoresis is the enhancement of
migration of drug molecules through the skin by
ultrasonic energy
Sonophoresis occurs because ultrasound waves
stimulate micro-vibrations within the skin epidermis
and increase the overall kinetic energy of molecules
When sound is emitted at a particular frequency, the
sound waves disrupt the lipid bilayers
The higher the frequency, the more dispersed the
transmission
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4. The skin
Protective layer with large no. of dead cells, hence
acts as barrier to penetration.
The skin accounts for about 15% of adult’s wt.
Penetration varies with humidity, pigmentation, age,
chemical status of all layers
Stratum Corneum (SC) offers maximum resistance.
SC consists of keratinocytes and lipid bilayer
Permeability can be increased by Chemicals,
Electrical Fields or Ultrasound which disrupt lipid
bilayer of SC and increase permeability.
4
6. Advantages
1) Avoids vagaries associated with gastrointestinal absorption
due to pH, enzymatic activity, drug-food interactions etc.
2) Substitute oral administration when the route is unsuitable as
in case of vomiting, diarrhea.
3) Avoids hepatic “first pass” effect.
4) Avoids the risks and inconveniences of parenteral therapy.
5) Reduces daily dosing, thus, improving patient compliance.
6) Extends the activity of drugs having short plasma half-life
through the reservoir of drug present in the therapeutic
delivery system and its controlled release characteristics.
7) Rapid termination of drug effect by removal of drug
application from the surface of the skin.
8) Rapid identification of the medication in emergencies. (e.g..
Non-responsive, unconscious, or comatose patient.)
6
7. Conti…
9) Elimination of the hazards and difficulties of I.V. infusions or
I.M. injections.
10) Enhance therapeutic efficacy, reduced side effects due to
optimization of the blood concentration-time profile and
elimination of pulse entry of drugs into the systemic
circulation.
11) Provide predictable activity over extended duration of time
and ability to approximate zero-order kinetics.
12) Improved control of the concentrations of drug with small
therapeutic indices.
13) Minimize inter and intrapatient variation.
14) Suitability for self-administration.
7
8. Limitations
1) Only limited number of potent drugs can be absorbed in
therapeutic dose.
2) Many systemically effective therapeutic drugs produce skin
irritation.
3) The drug must have some desirable physicochemical
properties for penetration through stratum corneum.
4) If the drug dosage required for therapeutic value is more than
10mg/day, the transdermal delivery will be very difficult.
5) The barrier function of the skin changes from one site to
another on the same person, from person to person and with
age
8
9. Sonophoresis: a historical perspective
Sonophoresis was shown to enhance transdermal
drug transport about 40 years ago by Fellinger and
Schmidt who showed that application of ultrasound
increases transport of hydrocortisone across the
skin.
15 more drugs including steroidal anti-inflammatory
drugs (hydrocortisone, dexamethasone), Non-
steroidal anti-inflammatorydrugs (salicylates and
ibuprofen),anaesthetic drugs (lidocaine),and protiens
such as insulin were studied.
Hofman and Moll who studied the percutaneous
absorption of benzyl nicotinate.
Bommannan et al. hypothesized that since the
absorption coefficient of the skin varies directly
with the ultrasound frequency 9
10. Understanding the drug delivery
Sonophoresis or ultrasound can be
used to create holes in the skin for
fluids to travel into or out of the
skin. By emitting sound at a
particular frequency, the sound
waves disrupt the lipid-bilayer of
the stratus corneum (outermost
layer of skin which has the most
barrier properties), creating more
and larger microchannels in the
skin. Drugs can be administered
through these channels
10
11. Generation of ultrasound
Ultrasound is a sound wave possessing frequencies above 20 kHz .
These waves are characterized by two main parameters, frequency and
amplitude
The waves used for sonophoresis which reduce the resistance offered
by SC lie in the frequency range of 20 KHz to 20 MHz
Ultrasound is generated with the help of a device called sonicator
which is a AC electric signal generator. It produces a AC electric
signal which is applied across a piezoelectric crystal i.e. transducer.
The crystal undergoes rhythmic
deformation due to electric current, producing ultrasonic vibrations.
In the process of ultrasonic wave generation, electric energy is
converted into mechanical energy in the
form of oscillations, which generates acoustic waves.
11
12. Ultrasonic generation system
Pulse generator Amplifier
Gate H. F. Generator
(20 KHz – 20MHz)
Transducer
Ultrasound gel
+ Drug Skin + Transducer interface
Stratum cornium
Skin
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13. Conti…
Ultrasound is applied by
bringing the transducer in
contact with the skin.
For sonophoretic delivery, the
desired drug is dissolved in a
solvent and applied to the
skin.
The coupling medium can be
the same as the solvent used
to dissolve the drug or it can
be a commercial ultrasound
coupling e.g. gel.
It Helps to match impedence
of tissue with the impedence
of the transducer, so that the
Ultrasound gets properly into
the tissue.
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14. Selection of ultrasound parameters
(1) Ultrasound frequency
a) Therapeutic Frequency Ultrasound (1-3 MHz)
b) Low Frequency Ultrasound (Below 1MHz)
c) High Frequency Ultrasound (Above 3MHz)
(2) Ultrasound intensity
Various ultrasound intensities in the range of 0.1 to 2 Watt/cm2
(3) Pulse length
Ultrasound can be applied in a continuous or pulse mode.
The pulse mode is frequently used because it reduces
severity of side effects such as thermal effects.
It was also found that urea permeability of cuprophane
membrane (a membrane made of regenerated cellulose,
commonly used in hemodialyzers) increased from 6 to
56% as pulse length increased from 100 to 400 ms.
14
15. Biological effect of ultrasound
Significant attention has thus been given to
investigating the effects of ultrasound on biological
tissues.
Ultrasound affects biological tissues via three main
effects
(1) Thermal effect may important when,
The tissue has a high protein content
A high intensity of continuous wave ultrasound is used
Bone is included in the heated volume
Vascularization is poor
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16. Conti…
(2) Cavitation effect may important when,
Low-frequency ultrasound is used
Grassy fluids are exposed
Small gas filled space are exposed
The tissue temperature is higher than normal
(3) Acoustic streaming may important when,
The medium has an acoustic impedance different from its
surrounding
The fluids in the biological medium is free to more
Continuous wave application is used
16
17. Mechanism of sonophoresis
(1) Cavitation
Cavitation occurs due to the nucleation of small gaseous
cavities during the negative pressure cycles of ultrasound
This cavitation leads to the disordering of the lipid
bilayers and formation of aqueous channels in the skin
through which drugs can permeate
17
18. Conti…
The minimum ultrasound intensity required for the onset
of cavitation, referred to as cavitation threshold
a) Cavitation inside skin
cavitation bubbles near the keratinocytes–lipid bilayers
interfaces may, in turn cause oscillations in the lipid
bilayers, thereby causing structural disorder of the SC
lipids
b) Cavitation out side skin
cavitation bubbles can potentially play a role in the
observed transdermal transport enhancement. these
bubbles cause skin erosion, due to generation of shock
waves, thereby enhancing transdermal transport
18
19. Cavitation is the formation of gaseous cavities in
a medium upon ultrasound exposure.
The primary cause of cavitation is the ultrasound
induced pressure variation in the medium.
Cavitation involves either rapid growth or collapse
of a bubble or slow oscillatory motion of a bubble
in the ultrasound field. Cavitation affects tissues in
several ways. Specifically, collapse of cavitation
bubbles releases a shock wave which can cause
structural alterations in its surroundings.
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20. Thermal Effects
Absorption of ultrasound results in a
temperature increase of the medium.
Materials with high ultrasound absorption
coefficients such as bones, experience
severe thermal effects compared to
muscle tissues which have a low
absorption coefficient.
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21. The absorption coefficient of a medium increases
proportionally with the ultrasound indicating that the
thermal effects of ultrasound are proportional to the
ultrasound frequency. The increase in the temperature of a
medium upon ultrasound exposure at a given frequency
varies proportionally with the ultrasound intensity and
exposure time. The thermal effects can be substantially
reduced by pulsed application.
Acoustic Streaming
Acoustic streaming, by definition, is the development of
time-independent high fluid velocities in a medium under
the influence of an ultrasound wave.
The primary causes of acoustic streaming are the
reflections and other distortions of the wave propagation.
Oscillations of cavitation bubbles may also contribute to
acoustic streaming. The shear stresses developed by
streaming velocities may affect the neighboring structures.
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22. Conti…
(2) Convective transport
Fluid velocities are generated in porous
medium exposed to ultrasound due to interference of
the incident and reflected ultrasound waves in the
diffusion cell and oscillations of
the cavitation bubbles especially through hair follicles
and sweat ducts
Fluid velocities generated in this way may affect transder
mal transport by inducing convective transport of the
permeant across the skin, especially through hair follicles
and sweat ducts. Experimental findings
suggest that convective transport does not play an import
ant role in the observed transdermal enhancement 22
23. Conti…
(3) Mechanical stress
Ultrasound is a longitudinal pressure wave inducing
pressure variations in the skin, which, in turn,
induce density variation
Due to density variations, such as generation of
cyclic stresses because of density changes that
ultimately lead to fatigue of the medium
Lipid bilayers, being self-assembled structures, can
easily be disordered by these stresses, which result
in an increase in the bilayers permeability
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24. Synergistic effect with other enhancer
(1) Chemical enhancer
Enhanced Partitioning
Lipid Bilayer Disordering
Keratin Denaturation
e.g. Application of SLS alone for 90 min induced about 3-
fold increase in mannitol permeability, while application
of ultrasound alone for 90 min induced about 8-fold
enhancement. However, when combined, application of
ultrasound from 1% SLS solution induced about 200-fold
increase in skin permeability to mannitol
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25. Conti…
(2) Iontophoresis
Electrophoresis
Lipid Bilayer Disordering
Electroosmosis
e.g. The enhancement of heparin flux due to ultrasound +
iontophoresis treatment was about 56-fold. This
enhancement was higher than the sum of those obtained
during ultrasound alone (3-fold) and iontophoresis alone
(15-fold).
Thus, the effect of ultrasound and iontophoresis on
transdermal heparin transport was truly synergistic.
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26. Types of Sonophoresis
Low frequency sonophoresis
1) Application of low frequency UltraS at 48kHz
Enhanced transdermal transport of lidocaine and
insulin
2) Blood glucose level of a hairless rat immersed in
beaker filled with insulin soln & placed in US
bath (48kHz) decreased by 50% in 240 min.
3) Mitragotri has shown that application of even
lower frequencies i.e.20 kHz enhances
transdermal transport of low M.wt drugs like
corticosterone, hydrocortisone& high M.wt
protiens like insulin, y interferon.
26
27. Enhancement of transdermal transport brought
about by low frequency UltraS is more significant
than therapeutic frequency UltraS.
Comparison of enhancement ratios showed that
enhancement brought by low frequency UltraS is
upto 1000 fold higher than therapeutic frequency
UltraS
Cavitational effects in fluids are inversely
proportional to UltraS frequency, hence play imp
role in low frequency sonophoresis.
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28. Exact Mechanism for higher
efficacy of low frequency US
Cavitation brought about by
low frequency UltraS causes
disordering of SC lipids.
Oscillation of cavitation
bubbles may cause significant
water penetration into
disordered lipid regions.
This causes formation of
aqueous channels through
which permeants may pass-
thus enhancing transdermal
transport. That is the reason
why low frequency UltraS can
enhance transdermal transport
of drugs which exhibit low
passive permeability.
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29. High frequency Sonophoresis
1)This region of ultrasound corresponds to a frequency higher
than 3 MHz.
2)Absorption coefficient of UltraS varies directly with UltraS
frequency, hence high frequency UltraS would concentrate
more in epidermis leading to higher enhancements.
3)To asses this, effect of high frequency ultraS (2-15 Mhz) on
permeability of salicylic acid through hairless guinea pig skin
in vitro was studied and it was found that 20min application
of UltraS at 2Mhz did not significantly enhance amount of
salicylic acid penetrating the skin. But 10Mhz under same
condition resulted in 4 fold increase.
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30. Mechanism of High Frequency
Sonophoresis
Sonophoresis of lanthanum tracers across hairless mice
at 16 Mhz was performed. Then the skin was observed
under electron microscope after sonophoresis & it was
found that Lanthanum tracer penetrated to dermal levels
of skin & distributed within lipid bilayer.
Hypothesis-Micronuclei(air pockets) present in the SC
oscillate and collapse which results in enhanced skin
permeation.
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31. Therapeutic frequency of Sonophoresis
Corresponds to frequency in the range of 1 to 3 MHz and
intensity upto 2 W/cm2.
Sonophoresis of anti-inflammatory drugs was possible deeper
into the tissue, especially muscles which are deep into the
body.
It was reported that application of UltraS in the therapeutic
range delivered hydrocortisone about 5cm deep into pig
tissues. This property has been used to deliver hydrocortisone
to joints in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
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32. Mechanism of Therapeutic frequency
Sonophoresis
Based upon cavitation experiments, it was concluded that
cavitation inside the skin plays a major role in enhancing
transdermal transport upon therapeutic sonophoresis.
The exact mechanism was therapeutic frequency
sonophoresis causes cavitation in the keratinocytes of the SC.
Oscillation of the cavitation bubbles due to US causes
oscillations in the lipid bilayer, causing structural disordering
of the SC lipids. Shock waves generated by collapse of
cavitation bubbles also contributes to structure disordering.
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33. DEVICES USED IN SONOPHORESIS
SonoPrep Skin Permeation Device
The SonoPrep device consists
of a battery operated power and
control unit, a hand piece
containing the ultrasonic horn
and the disposable coupling
medium cartridge, and a return
electrode.
Ultrasonic hand piece attached
to the patient’s skin.
The clinician pushes the hand
piece down on the patient’s
skin to activate the ultrasonic
horn. 33
34. The patient holds the return electrode so that the device automatically
shuts itself off, based on a drop in skin impedance once the proper
level of skin permeation is achieved. Applies relatively low frequency
ultrasonic energy to the skin for 15 seconds.
Ultrsonic horn vibrates 55000 times per sec, applying energy to skin
and creates cavitation bubbles that expand and contract which disrupts
lipid bilayer creating reversible microchannels in skin through which
fluids & analytes can be extracted & large drug molecules can be
delivered.
Easy for the health care professional to administer.
The permeability is reversible, the skin goes back to its normal state
within 24 hours.
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35. Other Reported Devices
1. A sonophoresis device with a flat flextensional ultrasound
transducer is proposed. The optimum diameter, thickness and
material types of vibration plate are simulated by FEM.
2. Dual Flat Flextensional Ultrasound Transducers for
Enhancement of Transdermal Drug Delivery
The development of a lightweight, simple-structure and low-
power-consumption sonophoresis device for drug delivery is
required. For this purpose, a new sonophoresis device with dual
flat flextensional ultrasound transducers was fabricated and
investigated in this work.
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36. Safety
The World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine
and Biology (WFUMB) has issued several
publications related to safety of ultrasound
bioeffects, addressing specifically thermal bioeffects
and non-thermal bioeffects
ultrasound affecting the structure of the skin: is it a
reversible or irreversible change?
What is the role of the free radicals that are
generated during the cavitation process within the
skin?
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37. Future trends
(1) Vaccination
In recent years, the potential for exploiting the skin for
purposes of vaccination has received a great deal of
attention
One common strategy is to use an adjuvant, which is a
compound used to enhance the immune response to
vaccine compounds
Ultrasound can be used to enhance skin permeability to
both the adjuvant and the vaccine, and hence to facilitate
their delivery to the target cells.
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38. Conti…
(2) Gene therapy
Gene therapy is a technique for correcting defective
genes that are responsible for disease development, most
commonly by replacing an ‘abnormal’ disease-causing
gene with the ‘normal’ gene
The most obvious candidate diseases for cutaneous gene
therapy are the severe forms of particular
genodermatoses (monogenic skin disorders), such as
epidermolysis bullosa
Other applications might be healing of cutaneous wounds
such as severe burns and skin wounds of diabetic origin
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39. Applications
1) Sonophoresis is used in the treatment of damaged skin.
2) Hormone Delivery.
3) In surgery it helps in dissection, connection, built-up and
treatment of biological tissue.
4) Low-Frequency Ultrasonic Gene Delivery.
5) Sonophoresis is also very useful in drug enhancement in
granulomas and tumors. Most cancer therapy drugs act
intracellularly.
6) Ultrasound is used for Calcific Tendinitis of the Shoulder.
7) The dolphin therapy and sonophoretic model.
8) Ultrasound Helps in Treating Tennis Elbow and Tendon
Problem.
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41. Sonophoresis has an advantage that the compounds do not have to be
ionised.
Process of cavitation takes place during the treatment but the cavities
disappear after the treatment and histological examination has shown
that the skin is normal after the treatment
With sonophoresis it is possible to get 4000% better penetration after
5min of sonophoresis at 20 kHz than with topical application.
Higher levels of vitamin A in skin results in higher levels of retinoic
acid which then stimulates the mRNA responses which leads to faster
growth of keratinocytes and greater production of collagen.
When Vitamin C is included in the cocktail the wrinkles can actually
be melted away
42. Ultrasound Helps In Treating Tennis Elbow
And Tendon Problems
Ultrasound may help treat a wide variety of sports
injuries .It is found that it is possible to successfully treat
chronic tendon problems such as "tennis elbow,"
"jumper's knee" with the help of ultrasound, as an
alternative to surgery.
Tendons are the connective tissue that attach muscles to
the bones. They are vulnerable to wear & tear, become
weaker &subject to tiny breaks in their fibers. When
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43. The dolphin therapy and
sonophoretic model
The dolphin therapy arouses
a great interest in the whole
world, since it causes
analgesic effects, removal
of depression, and
improvement of learning
abilities of the children
suffering from autism.
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44. Drug used by sonophoresis
(1) Sonophoresis with Corticosteroid
Majority of studies on sonophoresis, ultrasound was used
to enhanced the delivery of steroidal anti-inflammatory
drugs (e.g. hydrocortisone).
(a) Fellinger & Schmid (1954) showed that ultrasound
could carry hydrocortisone across a vascular membrane
for the effective treatment of polyarthritis
(b) Newman et al. (1992) suggested that hydrocortisone
sonophoresis is useful in the treatment of numerous
musculo-skeletal injuries.
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45. Conti…
(2) Sonophoresis with Salicylates
In combination with ultrasound it is thought that
Salicylate could be moved into deeper, subdermal tissues
to help to reduce pain.
(a) Ciccone et al. (1991) reported on a study to evaluate
ultrasound as an enhancer of topically applied Salicylates
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46. Conti…
(3) Sonophoresis with Anesthetics
The effectiveness of sonophoresis has been explored
extensively for delivery of local anesthetics.
(a) McElnay (1985) and associates described a
sonophoresis study using lignocain
(b) Moll (1979) studied the enhanced effects of topically
applied Lidocaine (140.7 mg) and Decadron (3.75 mg).
She obtained that 88% of the patients receiving
sonophoresis with Decadron and Lidocaine obtained
relief from their trigger point pain.
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47. Conti...
(4) Sonophoresis with other Drugs
(a) Benson and colleagues (1987, 1989) studied ultrasound
as an enhancer of benzydamine hydrochloride (3%) a
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
(b) Levy et al. (1989) studied the sonophoresis of D-
mannitol, a diuretic.
(c) Romanenko (1992) used ultrasound with topically
applied Amphotericin B.
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51. Sr Sonophoresis Iontophoresis
no
1 Sonophoresis is the enhancement Iontophoresis is movement of ions
of migration of drug molecules of soluble salts across a membrane
through the skin by ultrasonic under an externally applied
energy potential difference
2 Sonophoresis uses acoustic energy Iontophoresis uses electiral current to
(ultrasound) to drive molecules transport ions into tissues
into tissues
3 Proper choice of ultrasound Proper choice of electricity
parameters including ultrasound parameters including Current
energy dose, frequency, intensity, density, Current profile, Duration of
pulse length, and distance of treatment, Electrode material,
transducer from the skin is critical Polarity of electrodes, is critical for
for efficient sonophoresis. efficient Iontophoresis
4 Sonophoresis usually employs a Iontophoresis usually employs a
ultrasound between 20 KHz to 20 direct current between 0.5 mA to 5.0
MHz mA
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52. 5 In sonophoresis drugs mixing In Iontophoresis drug is mix with
with a coupling agent like gel, solvent
cream, ointment
6 The main mechanism for The main mechanism for transport of
transport of drug is “Cavitation” drug is “Electroporation”
7 Drug should be in aqueous or Drug must be in aqueous and must be
non aqueous and ionized or non in ionized form
ionized form
8 Enhanced partitioning, Lipid Electrophoresis, Lipid bilayer
bilayer disordering, Keratin disordering, Electroosmosis etc. gives
denaturation etc. gives the the synergetic effect of Iontophoresis
synergetic effect of sonophoresis
9 Ultrasound can be applied in a Electrical current can be applied only
continuous or pulse mode in continuous mode
10 Sonophoresis mostly used for Iontophoresis mostly used for
delivery of corticosteroids, local hyperhydrosis diagnosis of cystic
anesthetics and salicylates fibrosis, metallic and non-metallic ions
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53. Conclusion
Proper choice of ultrasound parameters including
ultrasound energy dose, frequency, intensity, pulse
length, and distance of transducer from the skin is
critical for efficient sonophoresis.
Various studies have indicated that application of
ultrasound under conditions used for sonophoresis
does not cause any permanent damage to the skin
Ultrasound also works synergistically with several
other enhancers including chemicals and
iontophoresis.
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54. References
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Delivery, Controlled and Novel Drug Delivery, 1 st edition,
1997, page. 208-235
James Swarbrick, Transdermal Delivery: Sonophoresis,
Encyclopedia of pharmaceutical technology, 3 rd edition,
Volume-6, 2007, page no. 3828-3842
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