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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Braintree Laboratories, Inc., Braintree, MA (US);
Inventors:
Edmund V. Dennett, Jr., Walpole, MA (US);
David S. Wells, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
Braintree Laboratories, Inc., Braintree, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01D 5/00 (2006.01); A61K 9/28 (2006.01); A61K 9/20 (2006.01); A61K 33/04 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 33/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 33/04 (2013.01); A61K 9/0053 (2013.01); A61K 9/0095 (2013.01); A61K 9/2018 (2013.01); A61K 9/2027 (2013.01); A61K 9/2031 (2013.01); A61K 9/2095 (2013.01); A61K 9/2853 (2013.01); A61K 9/2893 (2013.01); C01D 5/00 (2013.01); A61K 33/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is generally directed to an oral pharmaceutical tablet composition comprising a sulfate salt, for example, sodium sulfate, wherein the composition is capable of administration by direct oral ingestion and by disintegration in water prior to oral ingestion. The present invention is further directed to use of such oral pharmaceutical tablet formulations to induce laxation or to treat or prevent constipation.