[Relative bioavailability of glucosamine after oral, intramuscular and transdermal administration of hondroxid maximum preparation in experiment].

A comparison of the relative bioavailability and intensity of penetration of glucosamine sulfate in oral, injection and topical administration of the dosage form Hondroxid Maximum as a cream containing micellar system for transdermal delivery of glucosamine in the experiment by Sprague-Dawley rats was carried out. On the base on the pharmacokinetic profiles data of glucosamine in rat blood plasma with daily administration in 3 times a day for 1 week by cream Hondroxid Maximum 400 mg/kg and the single injection solution of 4% Glucosamine sulfate 400 mg/kg was found that the relative bioavailability was 61.6%. Calculated penetration rate of glucosamine in the plasma through the rats skin in 4 hours, equal to 26.9 μg/cm2 x h, and the penetration of glucosamine through the skin into the plasma after a single dose of cream in 4 hours was 4.12%. Comparative analysis of literature and experimental data and calculations based on them suggest that medicine Hondroxid Maximum, cream with transdermal glucosamine complex in the treatment in accordance with the instructions can provide an average concentration of glucosamine in the synovial fluid of an inflamed joint in the range (0.7 - 1.5) μg/ml, much higher than the concentration of endogenous glucosamine human synovial joint fluid (0.02 - 0.07 μg/ml). By theoretical calculations taking into account experimental data it is shown that the medicine Hondroxid Maximum can reach the bioavailability level of the modern injection forms and exceed the bioavailability level of modern oral forms of glucosamine up to 2 times.