TABLET QUICKLY DISINTEGRATING IN ORAL CAVITY

Title:

TABLET QUICKLY DISINTEGRATING IN ORAL CAVITY

Document Type and Number:

Japanese Patent JPH0971523

Kind Code:

A

Abstract:

To obtain a tablet quickly disintegrating in the oral cavity with saliva (or a small amount of water) within about several tens seconds to enable the taking of the tablet by an aged man lacking chewing power or at a place free from available water.

This tablet quickly disintegrating in the oral cavity with saliva (or a small amount of water) (quickly disintegrating tablet) is composed of a composition produced by mixing a hydroxypropyl cellulose having low degree of substitution as a disintegrant, a crystalline cellulose as a diluent and a lubricant. The compounding ratio of the low-substitution degree hydroxyproply cellulose to the crystalline cellulose is 1:(2.3-9).

Inventors:

WATANABE YOSHITERU
KIRIYAMA MIYUKI
ZAMA YOSHIKO
KOIZUMI KEIICHI
MATSUMOTO MITSUO

Application Number:

JP26458395A

Publication Date:

March 18, 1997

Filing Date:

September 07, 1995

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Assignee:

RIYUUKAKUSAN KK

International Classes:

A61K9/20; A61K9/00; A61K47/38; (IPC1-7): A61K9/20; A61K47/38

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