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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Timothy James Grattan, Guildford, GB;
Assignee:
SmithKline Beecham p.l.c., Brentford, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424466 ; 424465 ; 424489 ;
Abstract
A pharmaceutical composition for oral consumption in liquid form is provided, characterized in that the composition contains a drug, preferably a lipophilic NSAID, complexed to .beta.-cyclodextrin in a formulation also containing an acid-base couple, preferably an effervescent acid-base couple. The weight of the acid-base couple is greater than 1% of the weight of water in which the composition is to be dissolved, and provides an acid or neutral pH.