Readily available konjac glucomannan as a sustained release excipient
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1. A solid dosage form, comprising an active ingredient and a sustained release excipient which excipient is at least 7 weight percent of a readily available konjac glucomannan based on the weight of the solid dosage form, wherein the dosage form contains no gas producing disintegrant.
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Abstract
A solid dosage form, such as a pharmaceutical tablet, containing a rapidly hydratable konjac glucomannan sustained release excipient such as clarified konjac, cryogenically ground konjac and plasticized konjac. The method of making the tablets by compressing excipient and pharmaceutically active ingredient as dry powders.
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- 1. A solid dosage form, comprising an active ingredient and a sustained release excipient which excipient is at least 7 weight percent of a readily available konjac glucomannan based on the weight of the solid dosage form, wherein the dosage form contains no gas producing disintegrant.
- 15. A method for making a pharmaceutical tablet comprising the steps of forming a mixture of a dry pharmaceutically active ingredient with a sustained release excipient of at least 7 weight percent of a dry, readily available konjac glucomannan, and compressing the dry mixture at a pressure sufficient to form a table with a hardness of at least 6 kg, wherein no gas producing disintegrant is included in the tablet.
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22. A sustained release excipient consisting essentially of readily available konjac glucomannan.
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23. A solid dosage form, comprising an active ingredient and a sustained release excipient which excipient consists essentially of at least 7 weight percent of a readily available konjac glucomannan based on the weight of the solid dosage form, wherein the dosage form contains no gas producing disintegrant.
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24. A method for making a pharmaceutical tablet comprising the steps of forming a mixture of a dry pharmaceutically active ingredient with a sustained release excipient consisting essentially of at least 7 weight percent of a dry, readily available konjac glucomannan, and compressing the dry mixture at a pressure sufficient to form a table with a hardness of at least 6 kg, wherein no gas producing disintegrant is included in the tablet.
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