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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1984
Herbert Stricker, Ingelheim, DE;
Bernhard Freund, Gau-Algesheim, DE;
Heribert Harwalik, Ingelheim, DE;
Karl L Rominger, Ingelheim, DE;
Siegfried Darda, Ingelheim, DE;
Volkmar Haselbarth, Ingelheim, DE;
Dietrich Arndts, Appenheim, DE;
Wolf D Bechtel, Appenheim, DE;
Gerhard Bozler, Biberach, DE;
Rolf Brickl, Biberach, DE;
Peter Gruber, Biberach, DE;
Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Abstract
This invention relates to a pharmaceutical dosage unit composition consisting essentially of a gelatin capsule containing (1) a disintegrating core comprising clonidine, said disintegrating core having a readily water-soluble coating, and (2) a plurality of non-disintegrating cores comprising clonidine, said non-disintegrating cores having a coating consisting of from 20 to 90 percent by weight of a water-insoluble film former and from 10 to 80 percent by weight of a water-soluble polymer, the diameter of each of the disintegrating and non-disintegrating cores being at least about 5 mm.