Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Preparations characterized by special physical form – Tablets – lozenges – or pills
Patent
1986-10-01
1988-02-16
Griffin, Ronald W.
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Preparations characterized by special physical form
Tablets, lozenges, or pills
427 3, 106210, 106213, 106214, C08L 302, C08L 504
Patent
active
047254416
ABSTRACT:
A pharmaceutical, confectionery or food tablet coated on all its exterior surfaces with maltodextrin, which masks the characteristic taste of the tablet ingredients and does not have a slimy taste, with the coating composition comprising maltodextrin, an effective amount of a plasticizer to make the maltodextrin non-brittle and non-cracking when coated onto a tablet, an effective amount of a detackifier for making the maltodextrin and plasticizer non-tacky, a secondary film former to impart gloss and strength to the maltodextrin film coating, and a colorant for imparting color. A method of making tablets coated with maltodextrin.
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patent: 4596602 (1986-06-01), Bennett
Porter Stuart C.
Woznicki Edward J.
A. Earley John F.
A. Earley III John F.
Colorcon, Inc.
Griffin Ronald W.
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