Nano drug delivery system adds drowsiness to people with insomnia

Sinochem News News on November 20, the reporter learned from Tianjin University that the team of Professor Chang Jin from the School of Life Sciences of the school designed a new type of multifunctional nano-drug delivery system, which effectively solves the low oral utilization and maintenance of anti-insomnia drugs.

Insomnia is a widespread sleep problem that people are currently facing, and the number of people with insomnia is increasing year by year.

Nano-drug delivery system is a drug delivery strategy with great development potential, and its outstanding advantages have been paid more and more attention by the medical field

In recent years, great progress has been made in the preparation process, preparation materials and surface modification of nano-drug delivery systems

The research team loaded the anti-insomnia drug zaleplon on single-walled carbon nanotubes, which can appropriately extend its effective action time to enhance the effect of maintaining sleep

In addition, the research team also used a smart gel based on carbomer, which can appropriately extend the residence time of the preparation in the nasal cavity to further enhance the absorption efficiency of the drug

Previously, nano-drug delivery systems were mostly used in the field of cancer treatment

In addition, nano-drug delivery systems have achieved success in applications such as overcoming biological barriers, loading biological drugs, and vaccine preparation