Abstract:
A dietary supplement composition contains phosphorus and from greater than 1.3 to less than 2.2 parts by weight calcium per part by weight phosphorus, and may, optionally, further contain Vitamin D, Vitamin B12, folate and Vitamin B6, provides components that have been linked to bone health.
Abstract:
D-mannitol having a specific surface area of not less than about 1 m2/g is disclosed. The D-mannitol shows improved compressibility and is useful as an excipient.
Abstract:
An osmotic system for delivering a pharmaceutically active agent which comprises a core portion, a layer portion enclosing the core portion, and a semipermeable wall portion enclosing the core portion and the layer portion. The core portion includes the pharmaceutically active agent at a first concentration. The pharmaceutically active agent is present in the layer portion at a second concentration. The second concentration is greater than the first concentration. Such a system provides for the osmotic release of the pharmaceutically active agent in release profile other than a zero order release profile, and wherein the release profile is similar to or approaches or reaches a first order release profile.
Abstract:
A new natural mixture of primary fatty acids of high molecular weight ranging from 24 to 38 carbon atoms, especially those ranging between 26 and 36 carbon atoms and more especially those of straight chain of 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36 carbon atoms. This mixture has a relative composition of each fatty acid that is highly reproducible batch to batch and it is extracted from sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum, L.) wax. This mixture of fatty acids has specific pharmacological properties that supports its use as an active component of pharmaceutical formulations used as hypocholesterolemic and against hypercholesterolaemia type II, as antiplatelet, anti-thrombotic and anti-ischemic. This mixture of primary fatty acids is also effective in the inhibition of the development of gastric ulcers induced by different agents.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a composition containing a high level of Vitamin E in encapsulated form, preferably as beadlets or spray dried, and a high level of silicates. The composition is compressible into tablets or caplets that do not leach out Vitamin E into the tablet matrix during compression and/or storage. The composition preferably contains vitamins and minerals in doses optimized for cardiovascular health.
Abstract:
The present invention comprises a method of tablet preparation. The invention provides a simple and cost effective method to compress good tablets.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a means for creating a mass having structural integrity, including a rapidly disintegratable tablet for administration with or without the use of water. The present invention has a wide variety of different uses and applications. One embodiment is a tablet intended for oral administration. The tablet comprises at least one active ingredient and a mixture of excipients. The excipients provide desired characteristics and physical properties and when the tablet is sintered or heated, excellent tablet binding characteristics are obtained. The tablet is intended primarily for oral administration and dissolves in the presence of water. Also disclosed is a process for the preparation of a rapidly disintegratable tablet for administration with or without the use of water. The process comprising dissolving at least one bulking agent and at least one structural agent in a suitable solvent, wherein the solvent provides high porosity upon drying; spray-drying or dispersing said dissolved mixture to obtain a bead or granulated product; dry blending at least one binding agent, and at least one active ingredient with the bead or granulated product to obtain a preformulation product or adding at least one active ingredient to the preformulation product dissolved or dispersed components before spray-drying or dispersing; compressing the preformulation product; and sintering or heating the preformulation product for a sufficient time and temperature to allow the binding agent to change status or melt and allow the binding agent to resolidify as the temperature is reduced to ambient temperature.
Abstract:
The present invention provides an improved soft chewable multivitamin tablet in which vitamin C is separated from calcium pantothenate and/or minerals such as iron, copper, zinc and mixtures thereof in a core or multilaminate form and a process for preparing the same. The soft chewable multivitamin tablet of the present invention maintains its stability over a long-storage time in terms of the content and potency of vitamins while overcoming the problems of incompatibility, bad mouthfeel and palatability.
Abstract:
The present invention concerns an extended release formulation having an accelerating erosion and/or dissolution rate of the surface of the formulation. The formulation comprises a drug having low solubility in water dispersed or dissolved in at least one erodable hydrophilic polymeric matrix.
Abstract:
A method for producing a suspension, emulsion or dispersion of de-agglomerated particles (advantageously submicron-sized particles) of pyrithione salts comprising contacting agglomerated pyrithione salt particles with a de-agglomerating agent to produce the desired de-agglomerated pyrithione salt particles. Also disclosed is a method for making de-agglomerated submicron-sized particles of pyrithione salts comprision a heating step. Also disclosed are the particles made by the above methods and compositions comprising the particles and a base medium.