137 results about "Liquid Dosage Form" patented technology

A novel edible polymer based film dosage form manufactured using natural, synthetic, semisynthetic, pharmaceutically acceptable polymers addressing the issues of swallowing difficulties (Dysphagia and Dynaphagia), of tablet or capsule dosage forms and handling and storage difficulties associated with liquid dosage forms, that also includes materials such as emulsifying agents, suspending agents, buffering agents, effervescence agents, colorants, flavorants, sweeteners and specified amounts of bioactive agents, for erectile dysfunction. A flexible film dosage form containing sildenafil citrate, tadalafil or Vardenafil is presented. The film system is enabled to be used in various applications such as oral, mucosal and external environments.

The pharmaceutical formulations of the invention for masking the odor from the sulfur-containing active agent comprise at least one sulfur-containing active agent, an effective amount of at least one flavoring agent. Any flavoring agent or combinations of flavoring agents may be used in the pharmaceutical formulation of the invention. The flavoring agent may be natural flavors, natural fruit flavors, artificial flavors, and mixtures thereof. The pharmaceutical formulation may contain an artificial sweetener, a natural sweetener or mixtures thereof. The pharmaceutical formulations are provided in liquid dosage form or a dry powder dosage form for reconstitution in water. Stabilizer added as one of expicients can extend the stability of the pharmaceutical formulation liquid dosage form for a period of at least 30 days when the formulation is stored below room temperature. The pharmaceutical formulations of the invention are palatable and particularly useful for the administration of sulfur-containing drugs to very small children that are in need of such medications. Methods of forming a liquid dosage form of pharmaceutical formulation by adding water to the dry powder form, methods to prepare an odor-masking pharmaceutical formulation and methods for treating lead poisoning or Wilson's disease using the odor-masking pharmaceutical formulation are also provided.

A pharmaceutical composition for oral administration containing a pharmaceutically active ingredient coated with an amount of a polymer combination of an enteric polymer and an ammonio methacrylate copolymer to effectively mask the taste of the medicament. In a preferred embodiment, the ratio of the enteric polymer to the ammonio methacrylate copolymer is about 40:60 to about 90:10, preferably about 60:40, by weight of polymer. The pharmaceutical coating composition is soluble in the acidic environment of the stomach, which generally has a pH value of about 1.0 to 3.0, but relatively insoluble at higher pH values of the mouth. The coatings provide for rapid release and absorption of the drug after it passes through the mouth, and is particularly desirable in the case of liquid dosage forms.

A method of treating gastric acid disorders by administering to a patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

The present invention provides an oral solution/suspension comprising a proton pump inhibitor and at least one buffering agent. The PPI can be any substituted benzimidazole compound having H⁺,K⁺-ATPase inhibiting activity and being unstable to acid. Omeprazole and lansoprazole are the preferred PPIs for use in oral suspensions in concentrations of at least greater than 1.2 mg/ml and 0.3 mg, respectively. The liquid oral compositions can be further comprised of parietal cell activators, anti-foaming agents and/or flavoring agents. The inventive compositions can alternatively be formulated as a powder, tablet, suspension tablet, chewable tablet, capsule, effervescent powder, effervescent tablet, pellets and granules. Such dosage forms are advantageously devoid of any enteric coating or delayed or sustained-release delivery mechanisms, and comprise a PPI and at least one buffering agent to protect the PPI against acid degradation. Similar to the liquid dosage form, the dry forms can further include anti-foaming agents, parietal cell activators and flavoring agents. Kits utilizing the inventive dry dosage forms are also disclosed herein to provide for the easy preparation of a liquid composition from the dry forms. In accordance with the present invention, there is further provided a method of treating gastric acid disorders by administering to a patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising a proton pump inhibitor in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and at least one buffering agent wherein the administering step comprises providing a patient with a single dose of the composition without requiring further administering of the buffering agent. Additionally, the present invention relates to a method for enhancing the pharmacological activity of an intravenously administered proton pump inhibitor in which at least one parietal cell activator is orally administered to the patient before, during or after the intravenous administration of the proton pump inhibitor.

A novel edible polymer based film dosage form manufactured using natural, synthetic, semisynthetic, pharmaceutically acceptable polymers addressing the issues of swallowing difficulties (Dysphagia and Dynaphagia), of tablet or capsule dosage forms and handling and storage difficulties associated with liquid dosage forms, that also includes materials such as emulsifying agents, suspending agents, buffering agents, effervescence agents, colorants, flavorants, sweetners and specified amounts of bioactive agents preferably having perforations in the body of the dosage form enabling it to disperse/dissolve rapidly upon application by the subject. A flexible film dosage form to accommodate higher drug loads without compromising the fast dispersing/dissolving characteristics is presented. The perforated film system is enabled to be used in various applications such as oral, mucosal and external environments. The perforated film dosage form therefore, additionally allows the usage of polymers that would otherwise have not been used due to insolubility or limited solubility in water.

The invention relates to a rapidly-dispersible tablet and a preparation method thereof, in particular to a rapidly-dispersible tablet composition containing no disintegrating agent and a preparation process thereof, which belong to the field of drugs and healthcare products. The invention discloses a rapidly-dispersible tablet. The rapidly-dispersible tablet is prepared from 0.5 to 900 parts by weight of active components, 200 to 900 parts by weight of excipient and 5 to 30 parts by weight of lubricating agents, wherein the active component is a water-insoluble active component. The rapidly-dispersible tablet has the advantages that the rapidly-dispersible tablet composition containing insoluble active component is prepared into the tablet rather than a liquid dosage form, so that a complex process for preparing the insoluble active component into the liquid preparation is not needed, the layering phenomenon of the product liquid during a long-term storage period can also be avoided, and the rapidly-dispersible tablet has accurate dose and stable quality, is convenient to store and carry, can be swallowed and can also be administered after being dissolved.

The invention relates to an application of paeoniflorin in drugs for preventing and treating depression and a pharmaceutical composition thereof, and the pharmaceutical composition contains effective dose of the paeoniflorin and a pharmaceutical acceptable carrier. The pharmaceutical composition can be prepared into various conventional liquid formulations or solid formulations. The paeoniflorin is proved to have better efficacy for the depression and long duration of the efficacy through a rat forced swimming test, a open field test and a new environment feeding inhibition test. The drugs which take the paeoniflorin as an active ingredient and are used for treating and preventing the depression have good effects, long duration, insignificant toxicity and side effect and low price.

The invention discloses an iron-protein succinylate solubilizing method and an oral solution preparation thereof, which are used for solving the problems of difficulty in dissolving iron-protein succinylate into water, unstable solution and the like. In the method, lauryl sodium sulfate or poloxamer or PEG-400 or beta-cyclodextrin is taken as a solubilizing solvent, and 1,2-propylene glycol and the like are taken as latent solvents, so that the water solubility of the iron protein succinylate are increased, and the free iron content is less than 0.1 percent. An iron protein succinylate oral solution prepared by using a process disclosed by the invention is accordant with relevant regulations in the Imported Medicine Registration Standard JX20000298 and oral liquid dosage form items in the second version of the Chinese Pharmacopeia, edition 2010.

The invention relates to a drip-irrigation type salt stress-alleviating and disease-preventing biological bacterial fertilizer and a preparation method thereof. The drip-irrigation type salt stress-relieving and disease-preventing biological bacterial fertilizer comprises nutrition carriers, additives, microelements and functional microorganisms, wherein the nutrition carriers comprise two or more of humic acid, glutamic acid, urea, corn flour, potassium sulphate, potassium chloride and diammonium hydrogen phosphate; the additives comprise two or more of bentonite, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, sodium alginate an polyvinyl alcohol; the microelements comprise one or two of boric acid an ammonium molybdate; and the functional microorganisms is formed by combining salt stress-alleviating growth-promoting bacteria and disease-preventing growth-promoting bacteria, wherein the salt stress-alleviating growth-promoting bacteria is one or two selected from pseudomonas putida and azotobacter chroococcum; and the disease-preventing growth-promoting bacteria is one or two selected from bacillus subtilis and bacillus megatherium. The biological bacterial fertilizer is in a liquid dosage form, has relatively high effective viable count and relatively long quality guarantee period. The effective viable count of the biological bacterial fertilizer is higher than or equal to 10<10> cfu/mL; and total nutrient content of (N+P2O5+K2O) is higher than or equal to 12%.

The invention discloses a pinocembrin and cyclodextrin or cyclodextrin derivative inclusion compound, wherein cyclodextrin or a cyclodextrin derivative is used to include the pinocembrin. The inclusion compound contains the pinocembrin and the cyclodextrin or cyclodextrin derivative in a molar ratio of 1:1-100. The inclusion compound can improve the water solubility of the pinocembrin and give good play of the therapeutic action of the pinocembrin. The inclusion compound is suitable for the preparation of sold dosage forms and liquid dosage forms required by clinics, including infusion solution, water injection, powder injection, oral solution, syrup, tablets, capsules, granules and dispersible tablets. The inclusion compound can be used for preparing drugs for preventing and\or treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, particularly brain stroke, as well as drugs for preventing and\or treating bacterial and\or fungal infections.

The present invention provides a clathrate compound formed by isoquercitrin and [beta]-cyclodextrin or derivatives thereof. The weight ratio of the isoquecitrin and the [beta]-cyclodextrin or the derivatives thereof is 1:2 to 20. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: dissolving the [beta]- cyclodextrin or the derivatives thereof into distilled water; putting the isoquercitrin into an organic dissolvant to dissolve; adding the isoquercitrin slowly into the water solution of the [beta]- cyclodextrin or the derivatives thereof, controlling the temperature and stirring; keeping stand, pumping-filtrating or directly condensing, vacuum drying, and obtaining the isoquercitrin clathrate compound. The solubility of the obtained isoquercitrin clathrate compound is significantly improved, and the isoquercitrin clathrate compound can be further developed into multiple solid dosage forms or liquid dosage forms which are suitable for medicines or food additives.

Orally deliverable dual-release pharmaceutical suspensions, having a first portion comprising an immediate release form of the active in the solution form or granules or suspended form in the vehicle/medium preferably in the solution form and a second portion comprising a sustained-release form of active in the form of microgranules/microparticles suspended in the immediate release fraction of the solulabilised active agent which comprise a core and at least one coat suitable for liquid dosage forms for the administration of the active ingredients, wherein the core comprises at least one active agent(s) or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, derivatives, isomers, polymorphs, solvates, hydrates, analogues, enantiomers, tautomeric forms or mixtures thereof; optionally at least one water insoluble, and optionally one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipient(s); and at least one coat comprising at least one pH independent water-insoluble polymer(s) along with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipient(s). This coated microparticles and solution of the active agent in the vehicle ensures a dual release profile i.e. immediate release profile as well as predetermined sustained release profile of the active agent and also ensures maintenance of said release profile over time. The present invention can be administered either in the form of ready to use suspension or in the form of powder ready for reconstitution. Further, this invention provides process of preparation of such suspensions and method of using them.

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical solution comprising isotretinoin or salts thereof. The present invention further relates to the processes for preparing such compositions.

The invention relates to technology of synergy for fertilizers, and more specifically relates to a fertilizer synergistic additive and a preparation thereof. The solid dosage form synergistic additive comprises the following raw materials in percentage by weight: 55-93.5% of fermentation broth of polyglutamic acid, 0.5-3% of thiourea, 0.5-9% of N-(n-butyl)thiophosphoric triamide, 5-30% of dicyandiamide, and 48-91% of diatomite. Or the liquid dosage form synergistic additive comprises the following raw materials in percentage by weight: 55-93.5% of fermentation broth of polyglutamic acid, 0.5-3% of thiourea, 0.5-9% of N-(n-butyl)thiophosphoric triamide, 5-30% of dicyandiamide, and 0.5-3% of an emulsifier. The fermentation broth contains 3-10% of polyglutamic acid, and the emulsifier is polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid ester. The fertilizer synergistic additive can increase effective concentration of fertilizer nutrients, prolong effective period of the fertilizer, promote crops to absorb and transport nutrients, overcome the problem of insufficient release of the long-acting slow-release fertilizer nutrients at early stage, guarantee efficiency of fertilizer at later period, the validity period of fertilizer nutrients is longer than 120 days, so that long-acting and high-efficiency utilization of fertilizer nutrients are realized.

Formulations and uses of extracts of Curcuma longa L. plants for safe use topically, orally, rectally, or vaginally, for example, are provided. A sunscreen containing an extract of Curcuma longa L. is provided, the sunscreen having an absorption that spans the UVA and UVB ranges in a manner that meets updated FDA recommendations without requiring the addition of titanium dioxide. A process of producing the extract is also provided, using an extraction solvent that is at least substantially non-toxic and useful also as a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier in liquid dosage forms. The extraction process also produces a significantly higher yield from a single extraction than the state-of-the-art. Liquid dosage forms can be produced directly from the extraction process without requiring removal of the extraction solvent, reducing complexity and cost of processing over the state-of-the-art. Microemulsions and nanoemulsions are also provided to enhance the bioavailability and stability of the extracts.

The invention relates to an evening primrose oil liquid capsule for reducing blood sugar, blood lipid and body weight, and a preparation method thereof. The inventive capsule has the the following advantages that: (1) the evening primrose oil which is in a transparent liquid state is used as a principal drug component and filled in hard capsules, so that the principal drug component is administered in form of a solid dosage form and absorbed in form of a liquid dosage form, thereby improving bioavailability; (2) a proper antioxidant such as vitamin E, lecithin, propyl gallate, etc. is added to ensure the stability of the principal drug component; (3) the mouthfeel is remarkably improved, so as to improve compliance of patients; (4) the content of the capsule is liquid which has fast absorption rate and short stomach retention time, so as to reduce the occurrence of adverse effects; (5) the production process is simple and the production cycle is short, so as to reduce cost; and (6) the inventive capsule has transparent liquid content, stable properties, esthetic appearance, good patient compliance, and wide market of applications.

A process for preparing a stable aqueous dosage form of sodium 4-phenylbutyrate, including such dosage forms in a highly concentrated solution, as well as methods for making 4-phenylbutyrate and 4-phenylbutyric acid, and for using 4-phenylbutyrate. The stable aqueous dosage forms do not freeze at 0° C.

The present invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions containing a therapeutically effective amount of an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (“API”), a pharmaceutically acceptable cyclodextrin and a pharmaceutically acceptable preservative. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions of the compounds of Formula (I) wherein R² is selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, sec-butyl and tert-butyl and a pharmaceutically acceptable cyclodextrin and preservative. Formula (I): In particular, the invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions of the compound of Formula 1a, and a pharmaceutically acceptable cyclodextrin and a preservative.

Cadotril particles suitable for solid or liquid dosage forms are disclosed

The invention relates to a health food which can improve human body immunity and promote the development of intelligence and brain and a preparation method thereof. The food is composed of 40-50 parts by weight of rhizoma gastrodiae extract, 15-30 parts by weight of tremella mesenterica, 10-25 parts by weight of astragalus extract, 4-7 parts by weight of ginkgo biloba extract and 2-4 parts by weight of dendrobium candidum extract. The five extracts are weighted according to weight percentage of formulation and mixed evenly. The mixture is sieved by 60 meshes and is added with accessories which can be accepted by medicine so as to prepare into a solid or liquid dosage form, that is, the health food in the invention. Taken as a health food, the invention strengthens synergism of enhancing immunity of the organism and cell reparation ability of the organism, increasing the blood flow volume of brain and trophicity, etc. The medical experiments show that the food is provided with the obvious functions of improving the human body immunity and promoting the intelligence.