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<journal-id>0188-9532</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de ingeniería biomédica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. ing. bioméd]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0188-9532</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de Ingeniería Biomédica]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0188-95322023000200201</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17488/rmib.44.2.4</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Mucoadhesive polymeric systems for vaginal drug delivery: a systemic review]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Sistemas poliméricos mucoadhesivos para la liberación vaginal de fármacos: revisión sistemática]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Hernández-González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Maryel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez-González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Claudia]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Domínguez-Acosta]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Miguel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández-Paz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Olivas-Armendáriz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Imelda]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez Instituto de Ingeniería y Tecnología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad Juárez ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>44</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0188-95322023000200201&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0188-95322023000200201&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0188-95322023000200201&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Intravaginal drug administration has many advantages in comparison to other delivery routes: its local and systemic effect, lower dosages, and easiness of administration. Furthermore, makes it a reliable and comfortable way of therapy. This route can be used to prevent and treat a wide range of conditions including, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), hormonal treatment, birth control, and cancer treatment. The dosage forms may vary from ovules, tablets, rings, gels, creams, films and many more; lately adding the mucoadhesiveness to the characteristics to reduce the waste of active molecules. This review focuses on the way mucoadhesive polymeric systems have been applied in vaginal delivery. This review presents a bibliographical compilation of results from various investigations published in scientific databases: Science Direct, SciELO, and PubMed Central. Results compiled demonstrate that the intravaginal drug administration can be an alternative form of medication for women with more stable and prolonged results than traditional routes requiring lower doses and avoiding the first-pass effect.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La administración de fármacos por vía intravaginal cuenta con múltiples ventajas a comparación de otras rutas, puede lograr un efecto tanto local como sistémico, las dosis requeridas son menores, facilidad de administración entre otras, hacen que esta forma de administración sea confiable y cómoda. Esta vía de administración puede ser empleada para prevenir y tratar diferentes trastornos, como enfermedades de transmisión sexual, desordenes hormonales, anticonceptivos y tratamiento contra el cáncer. La presentación de las dosis puede variar, desde óvulos, tabletas, anillos, geles, cremas, películas entre otros, agregando a esta, en los últimos tiempos, la característica de mucoadhesividad para reducir el desecho de moléculas activas. Este trabajo se enfoca en las aplicaciones que han tenido los sistemas poliméricos mucoadhesivos en la vía intravaginal. La bibliografía recolectada se obtuvo de bases de datos como Science direct, SciELO, y PubMed Central. Los resultados obtenidos demuestran que la administración de fármacos por vía intravaginal puede ser una forma alternativa para medicación en mujeres, con resultados más estables y prolongados que otras rutas, requiriendo menores dosis y evitando el efecto de primer paso.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mucoadhesive polymeric systems]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[vaginal drug delivery]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[treatment]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Sistemas poliméricos mucoadhesivos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[liberación vaginal de fármacos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[tratamiento]]></kwd>
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