Abstract

Meenakshi K. Chauhan* and Kanika Jain

ABSTRACT

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that mainly affects the lungs. For the treatment of tuberculosis, conventional drug delivery system fails to achieve efficient drug delivery system fails to achieve efficient drug delivery at the target site. Today, bioadhesive microspheres became a topic of great interest as a novel carrier for drug delivery. Bioadhesive microspheres offers longer retention time, sustained drug delivery along with patient compliance. Bioadhesive microspheres overcome the various drawbacks associated with conventional drug delivery system for the treatment of tuberculosis. Bioadhesive microspheres considered as a remedial measure which facilitate site-specific drug delivery to a great extent. The present review address the potential application of bioadhesive microspheres as a novel carrier for drug delivery of anti–TB drugs to achieve desired therapeutic results in tuberculosis treatment.