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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sheila M Ratnaraj, North Wales, PA (US);
Warren L Sunshine, Dresher, PA (US);
Assignee:
McNeil-PPC, Inc., Skillman, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514269 ; 514289 ; 514317 ; 514322 ; 514357 ; 514648 ; 514653 ; 514937 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an aqueous pharmaceutical suspension composition containing suspended acetaminophen and at least one additional pharmaceutical active, a suspension system containing xanthan gum, a mixture of microcrystalline cellulose and sodium carboxymethylcellulose and an auxiliary suspending agent selected from the group consisting of hydroxyethylcellulose and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of carboxymethylcellulose, an effective amount of a taste-masking composition; and water, as well as a process for producing such aqueous pharmaceutical suspensions.