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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1997
Betty Wen, Scarborough, CA;
Michael P Ramsay, Ajax, CA;
Heinrich Scheurer, Scarborough, CA;
Val Dokuzovic, Mississauga, CA;
Vincent Lam, Markham, CA;
Warner-Lambert Company, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to a mixture of coated and non-coated sulfonic acid cation exchange resins (Amberlite IR69) cross-linked with about 8% divinyl benzene onto which dextromethorphan has been loaded. About 30% of the drug/resin complexes are coated with a mixture of ethyl cellulose or ethyl cellulose latexes with plasticizers and water dispersible polymers such as SURELEASE. The coating level is about 50% w/w drug. Coated and uncoated drug/resin complexes are loaded with drug to about 45% by weight drug/resin complex. The ratio of coated and uncoated drug/resin complexes is about 55/45. The particle sizes of the coated and uncoated drug/resin complexes is about 20 to about 300 and about 20 to about 250 microns, respectively.