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Development of high-solubility amorphous sulfasalazine: effect of hydrogen bonding.
Summary: Imagine trying to dissolve a brick in a glass of water—that’s how hard it is for the body to absorb the medicine sulfasalazine. Because it doesn't dissolve well, it doesn't work as well as it could. Scientists found a clever trick to fix this. They mixed the medicine with a special compound called choline hydroxide. This created a new form of the drug that dissolves 10,000 times better in water! By making the medicine dissolve easily, the body can absorb it much better, which could make the treatment work faster and stronger for patients.
Tags
Choline
Hydrogen Bonding
Sulfasalazine
Spectrophotometry, Infrared