Medicament adsorbates and their preparation
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1. A medicament adsorbate which comprises an effective amount of a complex magnesium aluminum silicate, having sorbed therein a dispersion of an effective amount of a medicament drug in an effective amount of an edible wax.
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A medicament adsorbate and process for making same. The medicament adsorbate comprises a complex magnesium aluminum silicate having sorbed therein an edible wax and a medicament drug.
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- 1. A medicament adsorbate which comprises an effective amount of a complex magnesium aluminum silicate, having sorbed therein a dispersion of an effective amount of a medicament drug in an effective amount of an edible wax.
- 18. A process for preparing a medicament adsorbate which comprises melting an effective amount of an edible wax to form a liquid, admixing an effective amount of a medicament drug selected from the group consisting of analgesics, antiasthmatics, antitussives, antihistamines, antinauseants, decongestants, expectorants, alkaloids, laxatives, vitamins, anti-cholesterolemic and anti-lipid agents, appetite suppressants, anti-inflammatory agents and mixtures thereof with the melted wax, admixing an effective amount of complex magnesium aluminum silicate with the melted wax-drug mixture to sorb the wax-drug mixture onto the complex magnesium aluminum silicate, cooling the particulate mass and recovering the medicament adsorbate product.
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20. A medicated composition which comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and from about 1% to about 60% by weight of the final composition of a medicament adsorbate containing about 25 to about 91% by weight of the adsorbate of a complex magnesium aluminum silicate having sorbed therein, from about 1% to about 50% by weight of the adsorbate of a medicament drug selected from the group consisting of analgesics, antiasmatics, antitussives, antihistamines, decongestants, expectorants, alkaloids, laxatives, vitamins, anti-cholesterolemic and anti-lipid agents, appetite suppressants, anti-inflammatory agents and mixtures thereof and from about 8% to about 50% by weight of the adsorbate of an edible wax selected from a group consisting of carnauba wax, candelilla wax, paraffin, castor wax, beeswax, stearic acid, stearyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, esters of fatty alcohols and mixtures thereof.
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22. A medicated confectionary product comprising:
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a bulking agent of up to about 99%; a therapeutically effective amount of a medicament adsorbate comprising an effective amount of a complex magnesium aluminum silicate having sorbed therein a dispersion of an effective amount of a medicated drug in an effective amount of an edible wax, said medicament adsorbate being admixed in the confectionary product, all percents herein are by weight of the medicated confectionary product.
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23. A medicated chewing gum product containing a therapeutically effective amount of medicament drug which comprises
a chewing gum composition in an amount up to about 99% comprising: -
a gum base; and a sweetener; a therapeutically effective amount of a medicament adsorbate comprising an effective amount of a complex magnesium aluminum silicate having sorbed thereon a dispersion of an effective amount of a medicated drug in an effective amount of an edible wax, said medicament adsorbate being admixed in the chewing gum composition, all percents herein are by weight of the medicated chewing gum product.
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