Chronotherapeutics and Chronotherapeutic Drug Delivery Systems

Sajan, J; Cinu, TA; Chacko, AJ; J, Litty; Jaseeda, T

doi:10.4314/tjpr.v8i5.48091

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“…Seasonal: such as seasonal affective disorder (SAD), this causes depression during the short days of winter in susceptible people 5 .…”

Section: Infradian: Cycles Longer Than 24 Hours Eg Monthly Menstrumentioning

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Chronotherapy refers to the use of circadian, ultradian, infradian & seasonal or other rhythmic cycles in the application of therapy. There are number of conditions which show a circadian pattern and advantage could be taken by timing and adjusting the administration of drugs according to the circadian rhythm of the disease. Some of the conditions, which may be significantly benefited, are hypertension, myocardial infarction, bronchial asthma, peptic ulcer, arthritis, duodenal ulcer, diabetes, neurological disorder, cancer and hypercholesterolemia. Chronotherapy can be classified into time controlled systems wherein the drug release is controlled primarily by the delivery system, stimuli induced PDDS in which release is controlled by the stimuli, such as the pH or enzymes present in the intestinal tract or enzymes present in the drug delivery system and externally regulated system where release is programmed by external stimuli like magnetism, ultrasound, electrical effect and irradiation. INTRODUCTION: Circadian rhythm regulates many body functions in humans, like metabolism, physiology, behaviour, sleep patterns, hormone production, etc. The release of some drugs is preferred in pulses i.e. the release of drug as a "pulse" after a lag time has to be designed in such a way that a complete and rapid drug release should follow the lag time.Lag time is defined as the time between when a dosage form is placed into an aqueous environment and the time at which the active ingredient begins to release from the dosage form. These systems are also called time-controlled as the drug released is independent of the environment 1 .A single dosage form provides an initial dose of drug followed by one release-free interval, after which second dose of drug is released, which is followed by additional release-free interval and pulse of drug release 2 .Chronopharmaceutics is a branch of pharmaceutics (science and technology of drug dosage forms) meant to the design and evaluation of drug delivery systems that release a bioactive agent at a rhythm that ideally matches in real time the biological requirement for a given disease therapy or prevention 'Chronopharmaceutic Drug Delivery System' uses the basic concepts of human chronobiology and the rhythm dependence of certain disease states and the pharmacodynamics of medications.The drug therapy can be optimized by tailoring the dosing schedule based on chronobiological pattern.

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“…Seasonal: such as seasonal affective disorder (SAD), this causes depression during the short days of winter in susceptible people 5 .…”

Section: Infradian: Cycles Longer Than 24 Hours Eg Monthly Menstrumentioning

confidence: 99%

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2013

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“…These differences can cause changes both in abnormal condition and in plasma drug concentrations. Human circadian rhythm is based on the activity of sleep cycle, human genetic makeup influences the sleep activity cycle and hence, the functions of the body is also affected [2] Chronopharmaceutical Drug Delivery Systems (ChrDDS) can be defined as regardless of the route of administration, the ability of the bio-active compound or therapeutic agent to deliver its desired effects to a patient in a diseased condition and should embody or includes time-controlled and to deliver the drug to specific site [3,4].…”

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Formulation and Evaluation of Misoprostal by Chronotherapeutic Drug Delivery System

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“…Similarly, disease states too exhibit a peak time of activity within a circadian rhythm. Therefore the timing of drug administration in has significant impact on treatment success [1][2][3][4] . Hygeia.J.D.Med.…”

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“…Chacko et al "Morning dip" a popular term in asthma for a measurable decrease in expiratory air flow rates that commonly occurs between 2am and 4am, resulting in loss of sleep due to coughing and breathlessness. Normal lung function undergoes changes corresponding to the circadian changes with lowest in the early morning hours [4][5][6][7] .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%