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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1996
Louis Cartilier, Beaconsfield, CA;
Iskandar Moussa, Montreal, CA;
Chafic Chebli, Dollard des Ormeaux, CA;
Stephane Buczkowski, Montreal, CA;
Universite De Montreal, Montreal, CA;
Abstract
A pharmaceutical sustained release tablet for oral administration is made of a compressed blend of at least two dry powders including a powder of a pharmaceutical drug and a powder of a sustained release matrix for the drug. The sustained release matrix is made of substituted amylose prepared by reacting, in a basic medium, amylose with an organic substituent having a reactive function that reacts with the hydroxy groups of the amylose molecule. This substituent is preferably an epoxy or halogen alkane or alcohol with such a matrix controlled and sustained release of a drug are achieved with a remarkable close-to-linear profile and a release time of from 9 to 20 hours.