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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1993
Eric H Kuhrts, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Cibus Pharmaceutical, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A prolonged-release unit dosage formulation or pharmaceutical composition, preferably in tablet form, is described. The composition consists essentially of a gel-forming fiber, preferably hydrocolloid-coated, a biologically-absorbable drug or other active therapeutic agent which is also preferably hydrocolloid-coated, a mineral salt which releases a physiologically-acceptable gas upon ingestion, preferably carbon dioxide, e.g., a mineral carbonate or bicarbonate, and optionally an organic or phosphoric acid and a dextrose or like soluble sugar. The fiber-containing composition, when in the form of a tablet or other unit dosage form together with the drug or agent and the stated disintegrants, provides a unique, efficient and controllable prolonged-action drug-delivery system.