棉塞(Tampons)是用棉花和(或)纤维素制成的,具有较高吸水性和保留性。通常用以塞入阴道吸收月经排泄物,临床上也用其高吸水性来吸收滴虫感染妇女过量的阴道排泄物。作者等研究将棉塞的吸水性与灭滴灵(Metronidazole)的抗滴虫作用相结合制成药用棉塞,探讨作为一种阴道给药释药系统技术的可能性以及体外释放和阴道内吸收两者的相关性。 Tampons are made of cotton and / or cellulose, which are highly absorbent and retainable. Usually used to plug into the vagina to absorb menstrual discharges, clinical use of its high water absorption to absorb trichomoniasis in women infected with excessive vaginal discharge. The authors studied tampon water absorption and metronidazole anti-trichomonad effect combined to make a medicinal tampon to explore as a vaginal drug delivery system technology possibilities and in vitro release and intravaginal Absorb the correlation between the two.