Assessment Of Spanlastic Vesicles Of Zolmitriptan For Treating Migraine In Rats.

Objective: To develop and evaluate zolmitriptan spanlastics (Zol SLs) as a brain-targeted antimigraine delivery system. Spanlastics (SLs) prepared using span 60: tween 80 (70:30%, respectively) gave the highest percentage of entrapment efficiency (EE%).
Materials and Methods: A total of 60 adult male Wistar albino rats were divided into six groups (n=10 rats/group). Group 1 (Control) comprised rats serving as a negative control. Group 2 was treated with glyceryl trinitrate (NTG) and served as the positive control. Groups 3 (NTG+Zol com), Group 4 (NTG+Zol sol) and Group 5 (NTG+Zol SLs) received commercial zolmitriptan orally, zolmitriptan solution intranasally and Zol SLs F5 intranasally, respectively, 30 min before NTG. Group 6 (Zol SLs) comprised normal rats that received only Zol SLs intranasally.
Results: We found decreased T _max , increased C _max , AUC _0-6 , AUC _{0-∞ and} ameliorated behaviour in rats (head scratching) treated with intranasal SLs compared to oral commercial zolmitriptan.
Conclusion: Our study substantiates the enhanced efficacy of Zol SLs in brain targeting for migraine treatment.
Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests in this work.
(© 2019 El-Nabarawy et al.)