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Physico-Chemical and Microbiological Study for the Stability of Phenytoin Sodium Extemporaneously Compounded Suspension in Saudi Arabia Hospitals
Department of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences and Nursing, AlRayan College, Madinah Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, College of Pharmacy, Taibah University, Madinah Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, College of Pharmacy, Taibah University, Madinah Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, College of Pharmacy, Taibah University, Madinah Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Taibah University, Madinah Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Department of Clinical and Hospital Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taibah University, Madinah Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Pharmacy Department, Madinah Maternity and Children Hospital, Madinah Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Pharmacy Department, Madinah Maternity and Children Hospital, Madinah Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
- 1 Department of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences and Nursing, AlRayan College, Madinah Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- 2 Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, College of Pharmacy, Taibah University, Madinah Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- 3 Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, College of Pharmacy, Taibah University, Madinah Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- 4 Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, College of Pharmacy, Taibah University, Madinah Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- 5 Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Taibah University, Madinah Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- 6 Department of Clinical and Hospital Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taibah University, Madinah Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- 7 Pharmacy Department, Madinah Maternity and Children Hospital, Madinah Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- 8 Pharmacy Department, Madinah Maternity and Children Hospital, Madinah Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- 9 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
Pharmacology & Pharmacy·Volume 12 (2021)·Pages 1–9·Published 18 January 2021·DOI10.4236/pp.2021.121001
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Abstract
Epilepsy is a chronic and the fourth most common neurological disorder which affects people of all age groups. Recently research and awareness on epilepsy-related deaths have rapidly grown over the past two decades. Many previous studies are attributed to the guidelines that apprise health care professionals in handling these deaths, but there is a relative scarcity of information accessible for clinicians and pharmacists who are responsible for manufacturing or preparing the extemporaneous anti-epileptic suspensions in the hospitals. Mostly in partial seizures, phenytoin is one of the first-choice drugs. In Saudi Arabian hospitals, the extemporaneous preparation of phenytoin suspension is common, but the hot climatic weather in Saudi Arabia possesses stability problems that should be tackled as the prepared suspension should pass all the stability tests to ensure uniform dosage of the extemporaneous formulation. In the current study, the commercial capsules were used to prepare the oral phenytoin sodium extemporaneous suspension. The physical, chemical and microbiological stability of phenytoin sodium suspension is analyzed at various temperatures.
KeywordsPhysical StabilityPhenytoinExtemporaneous PreparationChemical StabilityEpilepsy
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