Floating type drug delivery system: a review

Abstract

Floating Type drug delivery system retains the dosage form for a long span. They provide local delivery to specific region like stomach and proximal small intestine and shows better bioavailability and improve therapeutic activity and substantial benefit to patients. FDDS is one of the novel drug delivery system to prolong gastric retention time. Various forms of gastro retentive drug delivery system, such as floating and non- floating. Keywords: Floating Drug Delivery System, Classification effervescent, non-effervescent, and Factors affecting FDDS.