Patent ReferencesFast dissolving buccal tablet Oral sustained release pharmaceutical formulation and process Solid pharmaceutical dosage in tablet triturate form and method of producing same Fast dissolving buccal tablet Method of producing tablets, tablets produced thereby, and method of treatment using same Mechanically-stable, readily-disintegratable tablets made of small preformed particles containing active ingredients Fast dissolving tablet and its production Patent #: 5501861 InventorsApplicationNo. 290890 filed on 08/18/1994US Classes:424/464, Tablets, lozenges, or pills424/435, Mouth424/465, With claimed perfecting feature in contents (e.g., excipient, lubricant, etc.)424/474, Coated pills or tablets424/479, Containing polysaccharide (e.g., sugar, etc.)424/480, Cellulose or derivative424/482Containing solid synthetic polymersExaminersPrimary: Page, Thurman K.Assistant: Howard, Sharon Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassA61K 009/20Foreign Application Priority Data1992-02-18 JPAbstractThe object of the present invention is to provide a tablet that dissolves rapidly in the oral cavity (fast soluble tablets) that can be produced by a simple method without special preparation technology. The present invention is a fast soluble tablet which comprises two features: 1 the tablet base component is a sugar alcohol or the like, and 2 a kneaded mixture of a drug and a sugar alcohol or the like is subjected to compressive shaping prior to drying in the process when compressive shaped for preparing tablets by wet granulation. The fast soluble tablet of the present invention can be produced by a modification of the conventional tableting method, and possesses sufficient physico-chemical stability. | |