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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:
Feb. 18, 1986
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles H Hsiao, Cooper City, FL (US);
John S Kent, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Syntex (U.S.A.) Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 22 ; 424 19 ; 514570 ;
Abstract
A controlled release tablet for once-daily oral administration of about 500-1200 mg of naproxen or naproxen sodium, said tablet being a homogeneous matrix comprising about 4-9 weight percent of hydroxypropylmethylcellulose having a number average molecular weight in the range of from about 80,000 to about 130,000, about 81-96 weight percent naproxen or naproxen sodium, 0.1 to about 2 weight percent of a pharmacetucailly acceptable lubricating agent, and 0 to about 8 weight percent of other pharmaceutically acceptable excipients.