To provide a taste-masked microcapsule composition of a water-soluble drug, which can effectively mask the taste and immediately releases the drug, when passing through the mouth of a patient.
This taste-masked microcapsule composition of a water-soluble drug, the composition comprising microcapsules of the water-soluble drug (ranitidine such as H2 antagonist) in a polymeric material consisting essentially of one or more polymers selected from the group consisting of ethyl cellulose, cellulose acetate phthalate, cellulose acetate butyrate, polymethacrylates, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose phthalate; carboxymethyl ethylcellulose; polylactic acid and combinations thereof, said polymeric material constituting approximately 30 wt.% to 65 wt.% of the composition.
NG STEVEN
SARABIA RAFAEL E
WEBER THOMAS P
GEOFFROY JEAN-MARIE
STANFORD RES INST INT
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JPS58196842A | 1983-11-16 | |||
JPS57197214A | 1982-12-03 | |||
JPS5916821A | 1984-01-28 | |||
JPS5665821A | 1981-06-03 | |||
JPS61152623A | 1986-07-11 | |||
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JPH01500998A | 1989-04-06 | |||
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JPH08510989A | 1996-11-19 | |||
JPH05500956A | 1993-02-25 |
Kojiro Yoda