Quiz me this……………
Would you prefer to have your medication administered intravenously or in pill form?
Did it take more than a nano second to answer that question?
Probably not.
The article below may have some good news for the vast number of patients that deal with the burdens of an infused course of therapy. As the article below points out, infusions are inconvenient or even inaccessible to patients….. and, complications often arise not from the active drug, but the infusion itself. “Turning these drugs into pills could be transformative.”
But is it doable?
Researchers say ‘YES’. They are actively working to solve a big hurdle….. ‘bioavailability’….. or how to make oral medications more readily dissolvable in the bloodstream with maximum absorption. (Ever try to mix a vinegrette dressing? Ya got to make the oil combine with the vinegar or water.) The article explains how new technology is being developed to achieve exactly that….. think routinely breaking the oil vs. water barrier.
Are you familiar with the term ‘sol-moiety’? Existing drugs are now being tested in the lab to achieve bioavailability using this technique….. and results have been spectacular with bioavailability increases from nearly zero to 100% being observed. Proof-of-concept is no longer a hurdle.
Read the full article for more details and perhaps a glimpse of the future.
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New strategy could turn intravenous medicines into pills
