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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 1985
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles H Hsiao, Cooper City, FL (US);
Assignee:
Key Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Miami, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514652 ; 424 19 ;
Abstract
A method of providing a patient suffering from cardiac arrhythmia with a sustained dosage of propranolol over a prolonged period of time comprises orally administering to the patient a tablet consisting essentially of a therapeutically effective amount of propranolol to provide a sustained release thereof over a prolonged period of time which is contained in compressed granules having from about 0.1 to about 10 parts by weight hydroxypropyl methylcellulose and about one part by weight hydroxypropyl cellulose and a lubricant for the compressed granules.