TOPICAL AND SYSTEMIC DERMAL CARRIERS FOR PSORIASIS

Authors

  • Rana Abdelgawad Pharmaceutics Lab., National Organization for Drug Control and Research, NODCAR, Egypt
  • Maha Nasr Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain, Shams University, Egypt
  • Manal Yassin Hamza Pharmaceutics Lab., National Organization for Drug Control and Research, NODCAR, Egypt
  • Gehanne A. S. Awad Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain, Shams University, Egypt

Keywords:

Skin, Topical, Novel carriers, Psoriasis

Abstract

Psoriasis is a non-infectious, dry, inflammatory (autoimmune) skin disorder. Treatment approaches include phototherapy, topical, oral and other systemic drug delivery. However, owing to the side effects and incomplete cure accompanying the oral administration as well as phototherapy, the topical route seemed to be more satisfactory for the medical team. Dermal treatment ensuring percutaneous penetration is now highly recommended in topical indications for psoriatic patients, which can be achieved using pharmaceutical carriers. Several carrier systems loaded with antipsoriatic drugs have demonstrated promising results, with some of them strictly being confined to the skin and others allowing for systemic involvement also. The evolution in this area will present a more useful and safer therapy by minimizing the drugs' degradation and loss, and increasing their bioavailability and effectiveness. Since patients require at least three topical applications for almost a 1-year period to gain health benefit, a reduction in the cost of the treatment will be of real value. A distinction of these carriers is made in the current review, to allow the choice of the most suitable pharmaceutical carrier for psoriatic patients requiring either local and/or systemic involvement.

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07-01-2016

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Abdelgawad, R., M. Nasr, M. Y. Hamza, and G. A. S. Awad. “TOPICAL AND SYSTEMIC DERMAL CARRIERS FOR PSORIASIS”. International Journal of Current Pharmaceutical Research, vol. 8, no. 1, Jan. 2016, pp. 4-9, https://journals.innovareacademics.in/index.php/ijcpr/article/view/10604.

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