Improvement of bioavailability of poorly water soluble drugs by size reduction technique

The prolonged mechanical grinding process may enhance the bioavailability of the drugs due to the change of solid state such as micronization and decrease of crystallinity. A series of attempts to enhance the bioavailability of insoluble drugs have been made by the fine grinding technique using a planetary mill. The objective of the present study is to investigate the possibility of improving the dissolution properties of poorly water- soluble drugs such as diphenyl hydrantoin (phenytoin) and diphenyl dimethyl dicarboxylate (DDB) based on the molecular interaction between drug and additives during pharmaceutical processing to be related with the bioavailability behavior. (omitted)