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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1991
Steven E Frisbee, Austin, TX (US);
Gregg Stetsko, Bethlehem, NY (US);
Margaret A Lawton, Albany, NY (US);
Sterling Drug Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Sugar or sugar/starch beads coated with a first coating of a drug, for example 1,2-dihydro-6-(lower alkyl)-2-oxo-5-(4-pyridinyl)-nicotinonitrile (milrinone), hydroxypropyl methylcellulose or hydroxypropyl cellulose and a plasticizer selected from triacetin, diacetylated monoglycerides, glycerin, propylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, diethyl phthalate and triethyl citrate or a mixture of two or more thereof and a second coating of high-viscosity ethylcellulose, low-viscosity ethylcellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, polyvinyl acetate phthalate and a plasticizer selected from diacetylated monoglycerides and triacetin or a mixture thereof and optionally coated with additional first coating and capsules filled therewith and method of preparation thereof are disclosed.