RECENT METHODOLOGIES ON BUCCAL TRANSDERMAL PATCH

Yash V. Rasal and Chaitali R. Dhale*

The drugs which held and applied in area of buccal cavities are known as buccal transdermal patches. A transdermal patch is a patch that is placed on the skin of mouth to deliver a specific dose of medication through the skin and into the bloodstream. The patch is removed from the mouth and disposed of after a specified time. The highest selling transdermal patch in world is the nicotine patch, which releases nicotine in controlled doses to facilitate with termination of tobacco smoking. There are different methods used for preparation of buccal patch such as solvent casting method, Spray drying and Melt granulation etc. This paper aims to review the advances in the buccal adhesive drug delivery systems to provide basic principles to the formulation, which will be useful to avoid the difficulties associated with the formulation design.