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Contents: | Like mother, like son -- Searching for Bill Clinton's father -- One in a quadrillion -- The boy who walked to church alone -- Three pairs of shoes -- The education of Governor Clinton -- It's the economy, genius -- A thousand welcomes -- The horse-whipping -- Monica and Bill : A romantic tragedy -- High noon -- Healing the sick. |
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US 7799342 B2 Abstract The present invention relates to processes for the preparation of tablets which dissolve rapidly in the mouth and provide an excellent mouthfeel. The tablets of the invention comprise a compound which melts at about 37° C. or lower, have a low hardness, high stability and generally comprise few insoluble disintegrants which may cause a gritty or chalky sensation in the mouth. Convenient and economically feasible processes by which the tablets of the invention may be produced are also provided.
Claims(2) 1. A tablet consisting of a fast dissolve granulation, an active ingredient, mannitol, sucralose, a flavor, a disintegrant, corn starch and silicon dioxide wherein the fast dissolve granulation consists essentially of a portion of the mannitol and a low melting point compound that melts or softens at or below 37° C. selected from the group consisting of hydrogenated vegetable oil, and partially hydrogenated vegetable oil and wherein the low melting point compound comprises less than about 20% (wt/wt) of the fast dissolve granulation and from about 0.01% to about 2.5% (wt/wt) of the tablet, and wherein the tablet has a hardness of less than 1.5 kP and is a fast dissolving tablet.
2. A tablet consisting of a fast dissolve granulation, an active ingredient, mannitol, sucralose, a flavor, a disintegrant, corn starch, silicon dioxide and a souring agent wherein the fast dissolve granulation consists essentially of a portion of the mannitol and a low melting point compound that melts or softens at or below 37° C. selected from the group consisting of hydrogenated vegetable oil, and partially hydrogenated vegetable oil and wherein the low melting point compound comprises less than about 20% (wt/wt) of the fast dissolve granulation and from about 0.01% to about 2.5% (wt/wt) of the tablet, and wherein the tablet has a hardness of less than 1.5 kP and is a fast dissolving tablet.
Description This application is a Continuation in Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/731,479 filed Dec. 6, 2000 now U.S. Pat. No.6,733,781, entitled "Fast Dissolving Tablet," the contents of which are incorporated herein in their entirety to the extent that it is consistent with this invention and application. 1. Field of the Invention The current invention relates to tablets of low hardness but good physical stability, in particular fast dissolving tablets that can be made at very low compression force, yet have acceptable stability, and methods for preparing such tablets. 2. Description of the Related Art Several processes are presently available by which a tablet, which dissolves quickly in the mouth, may be formulated. However, various disadvantages are associated with these currently available methods for producing fast dissolving tablets. For example the addition of high levels of disintegrants is disclosed by Cousin et al. (U.S. Pat. No. 5,464,632). Cousin et al. add two disintegrants to the disclosed tablet formulations, for example 16% starch 1500 and 13.3% crossprovidone. The oral-disintegration time of these tablets is 35 seconds to 45 seconds. However, tablets including high levels of disintegrants have a chalky or dry feel when placed in the mouth. Another process for producing fast dissolving tablets involves freeze drying or lyophilizing solutions or suspensions of an active ingredient and matrix forming excipients. Pebley et al. (U.S. Pat. No. 5,298,261) disclose freeze-drying a slurry or paste comprising an active ingredient and excipients placed in blister packets. Humbert-Droz et al. (WO 97/36879) disclose vacuum drying, at room temperature or a slightly elevated temperature, a suspension including the active drug, a sugar alcohol, PEG 6000, talc, sweeteners and flavors in preformed blisters. The disadvantages of the freeze drying or vacuum drying methods are time (very slow process), cost of the equipment (not done on conventional tablet manufacturing equipment), and that it is limited to low dose actives. Fast-dissolving tablets may also be formulated by the inclusion of effervescent coupled compounds. Wehling et al. (U.S. Pat. No. 5,178,878 and WO 91/04757) disclose the addition of an effervescent couple (such as sodium bicarbonate and citric acid) to a tablet. Exposure of the tablet to moisture results in contact and chemical reaction between the effervescent couple which leads to gas production and tablet disintegration. For this reason, tablets which include effervescent pairs are highly sensitive to moisture and have an unpleasant mouthfeel. Tablets formed by compression under low compression force also dissolve more rapidly than tablets formed by high compression force. However, tablets produced by these processes have a high degree of friability. Crumbling and breakage of tablets prior to ingestion may lead to uncertainty as to the dosage of active ingredient per tablet. Furthermore, high friability also causes tablet breakage leading to waste during factory handling. The present invention addresses these and other problems associated with the prior art. The invention provides fast-dissolving tablets of low hardness, low friability and high stability which have the added advantage of cost-effective methods of manufacture and are amenable to established manufacturing and packaging methods. In particular, the fast-dissolving tablets of the invention melt rapidly in the mouth and provide an excellent mouth feel. The present invention advantageously provides compositions and methods for preparing a fast dissolving tablet of low hardness but good physical stability that can be made at very low compression force. Thus, the invention provides a tablet comprising a low melting point compound that melts or softens at or below 37° C., a water soluble excipient, and an active ingredient. Preferably, the low melting point compound comprises from about 0.01% to about 20% (wt/wt) of the composition (e.g., 0.01, 0.1, 1, 2.5, 5, 7.5, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, or 20% (wt/w). Preferably, the tablet has a hardness of about 3 kP or less, more preferably about 2 kP or less, and still more preferably about 1 kP or less. Preferably, the minimum hardness of the tablet is about 0.1 kP, although lower values, including 0.05 kP, are possible. When established manufacturing and packaging methods are used the low melting point compound preferably comprises about 0.01% to about 2% (wt/wt) of the composition and the tablet hardness is preferably about 1.0 to about 2.0 kP and more preferably between about 1.2 and about 1.5 kP. The invention further provides a method of producing a tablet composition. The method comprises combining an active agent (also termed "active ingredient" or "active") with a fast dissolving granulation. The fast dissolving granulation comprises a low melting point compound and a water soluble excipient. Preferably, the low melting point compound is present in an amount that will yield values (i.e., content thereof) of about 0.01% to about 20% (wt/wt) in a final tablet composition (e.g., 0.01, 0.1, 1, 2, 2.5, 5, 7.5, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, or 20% (wt/wt)). The accompanying Detailed Description, Examples and Drawings further elaborate the invention and its advantages. The current invention provides fast dissolving tablet formulations that can be formed by compression into a conventional tablet. Tablet friability is lower than conventional fast dissolving tablets prepared by low compression. The fast dissolving tablet has at least one compound (or "component") which partially or fully melts or softens at or below body temperature and a water soluble excipient. Surprisingly, it has been found that use of the component which partially or fully melts below body temperature in an amount of about 0.01% to about 2.5% wt. in the tablet provides for a fast dissolving tablet composition that is conveniently amenable to established tablet manufacturing processes and equipment and to established packaging methods. Amenable to established tablet and manufacturing processes and equipment is taken to mean that the composition (which forms the tablet) may be processed with conventional manufacturing equipment with minimal occurrence of malformed product and/or the need for special equipment maintenance procedures The low melting point compound may be hydrophilic or hydrophobic. The tablets of the invention may also include an active ingredient and may also include one or more disintegrants, flavors, colorants, sweeteners, souring agents, glidants or lubricants. The hardness of the tablets is low (less than or equal to about 3 kP), preferably less than or equal to about 2 kP, and more preferably less than or equal to about 1 kP, with a minimum hardness of about 0.1 kP (e.g., 0.05, 0.07, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 1.0, 1.3, 1.6, 1.9, 2.0, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.8, or 3.0 kP). In embodiments well suited to established manufacturing and packaging methods, the tablet hardness is preferably about 1.2 to about 1.5 kP. In other embodiments, hardness ranges from about 0.2 to about 1 kP. Attributes such as (1) fast stable dissolution; (2) good tablet mouth feel; and (3) good tablet physical stability are of greater importance than minimum and maximum values of tablet hardness. Nevertheless, the tablets are somewhat pliable, and are less fragile than conventional tablets that have the same crushing strength. The tablets have an excellent mouthfeel resulting from the low melting point component which melts or softens in the mouth to produce a smooth feel and masks the grittiness of insoluble ingredients. Unlike other fast dissolving tablets, the disintegration of this fast dissolving tablet occurs by a combination of melting, disintegration of the tablet matrix, and dissolution of water soluble excipient. Therefore, a dry feels does not occur. Disintegration time is 10 to 30 seconds (e.g., 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28 or 30 seconds), depending on the tablet size and amount of insoluble ingredients, e.g., coated active. Even though the tablet contains a low melting point ingredient, it is relatively stable to high temperatures. Heating the tablet above the melting point of its low melting point component will not significantly reduce its physical stability. The friability of conventional tablets is measured by the percentage weight loss after a typical friability test (rotating 10 tablets in a friability apparatus for 100 rotations). This test is very harsh for conventional fast dissolving tablets and so cannot be used to measure their friability. Fast dissolving tablets made by a prior art method of direct compression at low force crumble after a few rotations in the friability apparatus. Fast dissolving tablets manufactured by the method in the current invention can withstand 20-50 rotations in the friability apparatus before any tablet breaks. After 20 rotations, the friability (% weight lost) is typically less than 1%. The term "low melting point compound" may include any edible compound which melts or softens at or below 37° C. which is suitable for inclusion in the tablets of the invention. Materials commonly used for manufacturing suppositories usually have a melting point at or just below body temperature and can be used in the invention. The low melting point compound can be hydrophilic or hydrophobic. Examples of hydrophilic low-melting point compounds include, but are not limited to, polyethylene glycol; the preferred mean molecular weight range of polyethylene glycol for use in the tablets of the invention is from about 900 to about 1000. Mixtures of polyethylene glycol with different molecular weights (200, 300, 400, 550, 600, 1450, 3350, 8000 or 10,000) are within the scope of the invention if the mixture melts or softens at or below 37 degrees celsius. Examples of hydrophobic low-melting point compounds include, but are not limited to, low melting point triglycerides, monoglycerides and diglycerides, semisynthetic glyceride (e.g., EUTECOL®, GELUCIRE® (gatteffosse)), hydrogenated oils, hydrogenated oil derivatives or partially hydrogenated oils (e.g., partially hydrogenated palm kernel oil and partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil), fatty acid esters such as myistyl lactate, stearic acid and palmitic acid esters, cocoa butter or its artificial substitutes, palm oil/palm oil butter, and waxes or mixtures of waxes, which melt at 37° C. or below. In preferred embodiments, the hydrogenated oil is Wecobee M. To be effective in the tablet compositions, the low melting point compound must be edible. Mono-di-and triglycerides are rarely used as pure components. Hydrogenated vegetable oils and solid or semisolid fats are usually mixtures of mono-di and triglycerides. The melting point of the fat or hydrogenated vegetable oil is characteristic of the mixture and not due to a single component. Witepsol (brand name by Condea), Supocire (brand name by Gattefosse), and Novata (brand name by Henkel) are commonly used in manufacturing suppositories, because they melt at body temperature. All are mixtures of triglycerides, monoglycerides and diglycerides. In preferred embodiments, the low melting point compound comprises from about 0.01% to about 20%, by weight, of a tablet composition (e.g., about 0.01, 0.1, 1, 2.5, 5, 7.5, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18 or 20% (wt/wt)). Concentration of low melting point compound in the amount of about 0.01% to about 2% (wt/wt) of the tablet are preferable when established manufacturing and packaging methods are used. The tablets of the present invention also include a water soluble excipient. As used herein, the term "water soluble excipient" refers to a solid material or mixture of materials that is orally ingestible and readily dissolves in water. Examples of water soluble excipients include but are not limited to saccharides, amino acids, and the like. Saccharides are preferred water soluble excipients. Preferably, the saccharide is a mono-, di- or oligosaccharide. Examples of saccharides which may be added to the tablets of the invention may include sorbitol, glucose, dextrose, fructose, maltose and xylitol (all monosaccharides); sucrose, lactose, glucose, galatose and mannitol (all disaccharides). In a specific embodiment, exemplified below, the saccharide is lactose. Preferably, the saccharide is mannitol. Other suitable saccharides are oligosaccharides. Examples of oligosaccharides are dextrates and maltodextrins. Modified saccharides such as sucralose or other artificial sweeteners such as saccharin or aspartame, for example, may be used. Other water soluble excipients may include amino acids such as alanine, arginine, aspartic acid, asparagine, cysteine, glutamic acid, glutamine, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, proline, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine and valine. Glycine and lysine are preferred amino acids. In preferred embodiments, the water soluble excipient comprises from about 25% to about 97.5%, by weight, of a tablet composition. The preferred range is about 40% to about 80%. For example, tablet compositions comprising about 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95 or 97.5%, by weight, of the excipient, e.g. monosaccharide, disaccharide, polysaccharide, modified saccharide, artificial sweetener or mixtures thereof are within the scope of the invention. As used herein, the term "about" (or "approximately") means a particular value can have a range acceptable to those of skill in the art given the nature of the value and method by which it is determined. In a specific embodiment, the term means within 50% of a given value, preferably within 20%, more preferably within 10%, and more preferably still within 5%. Active Ingredients As used herein, the term "active ingredient" or "active agent" refers to one or more compounds that have some pharmacological property. Accordingly, more than one type of active ingredient compound may be added to the tablets of the invention. The tablets of the invention may comprise any active ingredient which may be orally administered to a subject. Tablets including active ingredients in amounts appropriate for the desired pharmacological properties at the dosage administration can be formulated. Any amount of active ingredient that does not significantly affect beneficial tablet features, such as hardness, friability and mouthfeel are within the scope of the invention. Placebo tablets, which lack an "active ingredient" having a known pharmacologic activity, are also within the scope of the invention. An "active ingredient" of a placebo can be the water soluble excipient (i.e., lacking any identifiable "active"), a different water soluble compound, or any non-active compound. A non-limiting list of acceptable active ingredients may include but is by no means limited to: 1) antipyretic analgesic anti-inflammatory agents such as indomethacin, aspirin, diclofenac sodium, ketoprofen, ibuprofen, mefenamic acid, dexamethasone, dexamethasone sodium sulfate, hydrocortisone, prednisolone, azulene, phenacetin, isopropylantipyrin, acetaminophen, benzydamine hydrochloride, phenylbutazone, flufenamic acid, mefenamic acid, sodium salicylate, choline salicylate, sasapyrine, clofezone or etodolac; 2) antiulcer agents such as ranitidine, sulpiride, cetraxate hydrochloride, gefarnate, irsogladine maleate, cimetidine, lanitidine hydrochloride, famotidine, nizatidine or roxatidine acetate hydrochloride; 3) coronary vasodilators such as Nifedipine, isosorbide dinitrate, diltiazem hydrochloride, trapidil, dipyridamole, dilazep dihydrochloride, methyl 2,6-dimethyl-4-(2-nitrophenyl)-5-(2-oxo-1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinan-2-yl)-1,4-dihydropyridine-3-carboxylate, verapamil, nicardipine, nicardipine hydrochloride or verapamil hydrochloride; 4) peripheral vasodialtors such as ifenprodil tartrate, cinepazide maleate, cyclandelate, cinnarizine or pentoxyfyline; 5) oral antibacterial and antifungal agents such as pencillin, ampicillin, amoxicillin, cefalexin, erythromycin ethylsuccinate, bacampicillin hydrochloride, minocycline hydrochloride, chloramphenicol, tetracyline, erythromycin, fluconazole, itraconazole, ketoconazole, miconazole or terbinafine; 6) synthetic antibacterial agents such as nalidixic acid, piromidic acid, pipemidic acid trihydrate, enoxacin, cinoxacin, ofloxacin, norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin hydrochloride, or sulfamethoxazole trimethoprim; 7) antipasmodics such as popantheline bromide, atropine sulfate, oxapium bromide, timepidium bromide, butylscopolamine bromide, rospium chloride, butropium bromide, N-methylscopolamine methylsulfate, or methyloctatropine bromidebutropium bromide; 8) antitussive, anti-asthamitic agents such as theophylline, aminophylline, methlephedrine hydrochloride, procaterol hydrochloride, trimetoquinol hydrochloride, codeine phosphate, sodium cromoglicate, tranilast, dextromethorphane hydrobromide, dimemorfan phosphate, clobutinol hydrochloride, fominoben hydrochloride, benproperine phosphate, tipepidine hibenzate, eprazinone hydrochloride, clofedanol hydrochloride, ephedrine hydrochloride, noscapine, carbetapentane citrate oxeladin tannate, or isoaminile citrate; 9) broncyodilators such as diprophylline, salbutamol sulfate, cloprenaline hydrochloride, formoterol fumarate, orciprenalin sulfate, pirbuterol hydrochloride, hexoprenaline sulfate, bitolterol mesylate, clenbuterol hydrochloride, terbutaline sulfate, mabuterol hydrochloride, fenoterol hydrobromide, or methoxyphenamine hydrochloride; 10) diuretics such as furosemide, acetazolamide, trichlormethiazide, methyclothiazide, hydrochlorothiazide, hydroflumethiazide ethiazide, cyclopenthiazide, spironolactone, triamterene, fluorothiazide, piretanide, metruside, ethacrygnic acid, azosemide, or clofenamide; 11) muscle relaxants such as chlorphensin carbamate, tolperison hydrochloride, eperisone hydrochloride, tizanidine hydrochloride, mephenesin, chlorozoxazone, phenprobamate, methocarbamol, chlormezanone, pridinol mesylate, afloqualone, baclofen, or dantrolene sodium; 12) brain metabolism altering drugs such as meclofenoxate hydrochloride; 13) minor tranquilizers such as oxazolam, diazepam, clotiazepam, medazepam, temazepam, fludiazepam, meprobamate, nitrazepam, or chlordiazepoxide; 14) major tranquilizers such as sulpiride, clocapramine hydrochloride, zotepine, chlorpromazinon, haloperidol; 15) β-blockers such as pindolol, propranolol hydrochloride, carteolol hydrochloride, metoprolol tartrate, labetalol hydrochloride, acebutolol hydrochloride, butethanol hydrochloride, alprenolol hydrochloride, arotinolol hydrochloride, oxprenolol hydrochloride, nadolol, bucumolol hydrochloride, indenolol hydrochloride, timolol maleate, befunolol hydrochloride, or bupranolol hydrochloride; 16) antiarrhythmic agents such as procainamide hydrochloride, disopyramide, ajimaline, quinidine sulfate, aprindine hydrochloride, propafenone hydrochloride, or mexiletine hydrochloride; 17) gout suppressants allopurinol, probenecid, colchine, sulfinpyrazone, benzbromarone, or bucolome; 18) anticoagulants such as ticlopidine hydrochloride, dicumarol, or warfarin potassium; 19) antiepileptic agents such as phenytoin, sodium valproate, metharbital, or carbamazepine; 20) antihistaminics such as chlorpheniramine maleate, cremastin fumarate, mequitazine, alimenazine tartrate, or cycloheptazine hydrochloride; 21) antiemetics such as difenidol hydrochloride, metoclopramide, domperidone, betashistine mesylate, or trimebutine maleate; 22) hypotensives such as dimethylaminoethyl reserpilinate dihydrochloride, rescinnamine, methyldopa, prazosin hydrochloride, bunazosin hydrochloride, clonidine hydrochloride, budralazine, or urapidin; 23) sympathomimetic agents such as dihydroergotamine mesylate, isoproterenol hydrochloride, or etilefrine hydrochloride; 24) expectorants such as bromhexine hydrochloride, carbocysteine, ethyl cysteine hydrochloride, or methyl cysteine hydrochloride; 25) oral antidiabetic agents such as glibenclamide, tolbutamide, or glymidine sodium; 26) circulatory agents such as ubidecarenone or ATP-2Na; 27) iron preparations such as ferrous sulfate or dried ferrous sulfate; 28) vitamins such as vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, vitamin C, Vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K or folic acid; 29) pollakiuria remedies such as flavoxate hydrochloride, oxybutynin hydrochloride, terodiline hydrochloride, or 4-diethylamino-1,1-dimethyl-2-butynyl (I)-α-cyclohexyl-α-phenylglycolate hydrochloride monohydrate; 30) angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors such as enalapril maleate, alacepril, or delapril hydrochloride; 31) anti-viral agents such as trisodium phosphonoformate, didanosine, dideoxycytidine, azido-deoxythymidine, didehydro-deoxythymidine, adefovir, dipivoxil, abacavir, amprenavir, delavirdine, efavirenz, indinavir, lamivudine, nelfinavir, nevirapine, ritonavir, saquinavir or stavudine; 32) high potency analgesics such as codeine, dihydrocodeine, hydrocodone, morphine, dilandid, demoral, fentanyl, pentazocine, oxycodone, pentazocine or propoxyphene; 33) antihistamines such as Brompheniramine maleate; 34) nasal decongestants such as phenylpropanolamine HCl and 35) antacids such as calcium carbonate, calcium hydroxide, magnesium carbonate, magesium hydroxide, potassium carbonate, potassium bicarbonate, sodium carbonate, and sodium bicarbonate. Active ingredients in the foregoing list may also have beneficial pharmaceutical effects in addition to the one mentioned. Other Tablet Ingredients The term "tablet" refers to a pharmacological composition in the form of a small, essentially solid pellet of any shape. Tablet shapes may be cylindrical, spherical, rectangular, capsular or irregular. The term "tablet composition" refers to the substances included in a tablet. A "tablet composition constituent" or tablet constituent" refers to a compound or substance which is included in a tablet composition. These can include, but are not limited to, the active and any excipients in addition to the low melting point compound and the water soluble excipient(s). An excipient is any ingredient in the tablet except the active. In addition to the low melting point compound excipients may include, for example, binders, disintegrants, flavorants, colorants, glidants, souring agents and sweeteners. For purposes of the present application, "binder" refers to one or more ingredients added before or during granulation to form granules and/or promote cohesive compacts during compression. A "binder compound" or "binder constituent" is a compound or substance which is included in the binder. Binders of the present invention include, at least, the low melting point compound. Additionally, and optionally, other substances commonly used in pharmaceutical formulations can be included such as flavors (e.g., strawberry aroma, raspberry aroma, cherry flavor, magnasweet 135, key lime flavor, grape flavor trusil art 5-11815, fruit extracts and prosweet), flavor enhancers and sweeteners (e.g., aspartame, sodium saccharine, sorbitol, glucose, sucrose), souring agents (e.g. citric acid), dyes or colorants. The tablet may also contain one or more glidant materials which improve the flow of the powder blend and minimize tablet weight variation. Glidants such as silicone dioxide may be used in the present invention. Additionally, the tablets of the invention may include lubricants (e.g. magnesium stearate) to facilitate ejection of the finished tablet from dies after compression and to prevent tablets from sticking to punch faces and each other. Any method of forming a tablet of the invention into a desired shape which preserves the essential features thereof is within the scope of the invention. Tablet Formation A preferred method of forming the tablet compositions of the invention includes preparing a fast dissolving granulation by mixing a low-melting point compound, (preferably a hydrogenated oil, partially hydrogenated oil or hydrogenated oil derivative) and a water soluble excipient, (preferably a saccharide or modified saccharide). The term "fast dissolving granulation" refers to a composition of the low melting point compound and the water soluble excipient prepared for use as a granulation in the manufacture of tablets of the invention. A portion of the fast dissolving granulation may then be added to the remaining ingredients. However, methods of forming the tablets of the invention wherein all tablet constituents are combined simultaneously or wherein any combination of tablet constituents are combined separate from the other constituents are within the scope of the invention. Granulation end point can be determined visually (visual inspection) or by using a load cell that measures power consumption. Tablet manufacturing and granulation routinely employ both techniques. The tablet compositions of the invention can be formed by melt granulation which is a preferred method. In particular, the melt granulation can be prepared in a high shear mixer (e.g. high sheer granulation process), low shear mixer or fluid bed granulator. An example of high shear mixer is Diosna (this is a brand name by Diosna Dierks & Söhne GmbH). Examples of low shear mixers are various tumbling mixers (e.g., twin shell blenders or V-blender). Examples of fluid bed granulators are Glatt and Aeromatic fluid bed granulators. There are at least three ways of manufacturing the granulation:
After the granulation congeals, it may be milled and/or screened. Examples of mills that can be used are CoMill, Stokes Oscillator (these are brand names). Any mills that are commonly used for milling tablet granulations may be used. Melt extrusion can be used to form the fast dissolving granulation. An example of an extruder that can be used is Nica (a brand name by Niro-Aeromatic). The low melting point compound and the water soluble saccharide (or other excipient) are mixed and heated in a planetary mixer bowl (low shear mixer) that is usually part of the extruder. The soft mass is then fed to the extrusion chamber and forced through small holes or orifices to shape it into thin rods or cylinders. After the extruded material congeals it can be milled or spheronized using standard equipment. In the spheronization step, the extrudate is dumped onto the spinning plate of the spheronizer and broken up into small cylinders with a length equal to their diameter, then rounded by frictional forces (See, International Journal of Pharmaceutics 1995, 116:131-146, especially p. 136). Spray congealing or prilling can also be used to form the tablet compositions of the invention. Spray congealing includes atomizing molten droplets of compositions which, may include low melting point compound, low melting point compound and selected tablet ingredients, or the entire tablet composition onto a surface. The surface may be an inert mechanical support, a carrier surface or in embodiments in which the spray contain droplets only part of the tablet components a second portion of the tablet composition. Equipment that can be used for spray congealing includes spray driers (e.g., Nero spray drier) and a fluid bed coater/granulation with top spray (e.g., Glatt fluid bed coater/granulator). In preferred embodiments, a fast-dissolve granulation is formed wherein, preferably a water soluble excipient, more preferably a saccharide, is suspended in a molten low melting point ingredient and spray congealed. After spray congealing, the resulting composition is allowed to cool and congeal. Following congealing of the mixture, it is screened or sieved and mixed with remaining tablet constituents. Spray congealing processes wherein fast-dissolve granulations comprising any combination of low melting point compound and other tablet constituents are melted and spray congealed onto other tablet constituents are within the scope of the present invention. Spray congealing processes wherein all tablet constituents, including the low-melting point compound, are mixed, the low melting point compound is melted and the mixture is spray congealed onto a surface are also within the scope of the invention. After spray congealing, the mixture may be milled and then combined with other tablet constituents. Following formation of the final tablet composition, the composition may be further processed to form a tablet shape. Mixing and milling of tablet constituents during the preparation of a tablet composition may be accomplished by any method which causes the composition to become mixed to be essentially homogeneous. In preferred embodiments the mixers are high-shear mixers such as the Diosna, CoMill or V-Blender. Once tablet compositions are prepared, they may be formed into various shapes. In preferred embodiments, the tablet compositions are pressed into a shape. This process may comprise placing the tablet composition into a form and applying pressure to the composition so as to cause the composition to assume the shape of the surface of the form with which the composition is in contact. In preferred embodiments, the tablet is compressed into the form at a pressure which will not exceed about 10 kN, preferably less than 8 kN. For example, pressing the tablets at less than 1, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 kN is within the scope of the invention. The tablets of the invention generally have a hardness of about 3 kP or less; preferably the tablets have a hardness of about 2 kP or less and more preferably about 1 kP or less. For compositions subjected to established manufacturing methods hardness of about 1 to about 2.0 is preferred and harness of about 1.2 to about 1.5 is more preferable. In another embodiment, for example, tablets of less than 0.1 kP including tablets of about 0.05, 0.07 kP and tablets of about 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6. 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 1.0, 1.3, 1.6, 1.9, 2.0, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.8, or 3.0 are within the scope of the invention. Hydraulic presses such as a Carver Press or rotary tablet presses such as the Stokes Versa Press are suitable means by which to compress the tablet compositions of the invention. Tablets may also be formed by tumbling melt granulation (TMG) essentially as described in Maejima et al. Chemical Pharmacology Bulletin (1997) 45(3): 518-524; which is incorporated herein by reference. Tumbling melt granulation can be used for preparing the melt granulation. It can be done in a tumbling mixer. The molten low melting point compound is sprayed on the crystalline saccharide and powdered saccharide in the blender and are mixed until granules form. In this case, the low melting point ingredient is the binder and the crystalline saccharide is the seed. An alternative method is to combine the unmelted low melting point ingredient, crystalline sugar (e.g., mannitol or lactose) in the tumbling mixer and mix while heating to the melting point of the low melting point binder or higher. The seed should be crystalline or granular water soluble ingredient (saccharide), e.g., granular mannitol, crystalline maltose, crystalline sucrose, or any other sugar. An example of tumbling mixers is the twin-shell blender (V-blender), or any other shape of tumbling mixers. Heating can be achieved by circulating heated air through the chamber of the granulator and by heating the bottom surface of the chamber. As the seed material and the powdered tablet constitutes circulate the heated chamber, the low-melting point compound melts and adheres to the seeds. The unmelted, powdered material adheres to the seed-bound, molten low-melting point material. The spherical beads which are formed by this process are then cooled and screen sifted to remove nonadhered powdered material. Compositions of Fast Dissolving Granulations. In these compositions, the water soluble excipient is a saccharide. As described above, the tablets of the invention may be formulated by a method wherein a fast dissolving granulation, comprising a low melting point compound and a water soluble excipient, is mixed separately from other tablet constituents. A portion of the fast dissolving granulation may then be combined with the other tablet constituents. In this example, several specific examples of fast dissolving granulations are set forth.
Fast dissolving granulations 1 and 2 were prepared by heating the low melting point compound to 50° C. At 50° C., Wecobee M and Gelucire 33/01 become molten. The molten material was gradually added to the mannitol powder in a high shear granulator (Diosna). The granulation was mixed at high speed. When the granulation end point was reached as determined by visual inspection, the granulation was allowed to congeal. The congealed granulation was then milled using a CoMill. Granulation 3 was granulated by combining melted Wecobee M with the mannitol in a high shear mixer (Robot Coupe) and blending until the granules formed. Granulation 4 was made by combining the melted PEG with fructose powder in a planetary mixer (low shear mixer) and mixing until the granules formed. The granulations were allowed to cool, then were screened. The following is an example of a fast dissolving tablet wherein the active ingredient is ibuprofen.
Ingredients were screened, then mixed in a V-blender. Tablets were compressed using a hydraulic press (Carver Press) at 600 lb (about 2.7 kN). The tablets had a hardness of 0.2-0.5 kP and disintegrated in less than 15 seconds. The following is an example of a fast dissolving tablet comprising the active ingredients of many common allergy medications, Phenylpropanolamine HCl and Brompheniramine maleate.
Tablets were compressed on a hydraulic press (Carver Press) at approximately 3 kN. Tablet hardness was 0.2-0.5 kP and disintegration time 10 seconds. The following is an example of a fast dissolving tablet wherein the active ingredient is ibuprofen.
Tablets were compressed using a rotary press (Stokes Versa Press) at 3.3.-3.5 kN, resulting in a hardness of 0.2-0.9 kP. In vivo disintegration time was 19 seconds (average of 34 subjects). Sensory study: The melt granulation tablets of Example 4 were evaluated for in vivo disintegration time and mouthfeel in an in-house sensory study. The comparator was Kidtab®, an 80 mg acetaminophen fast dissolving tablet prepared by direct compression. Two other ibuprofen fast dissolving tablets prepared by direct compression were also included in the study. The study included 34 subjects. The subjects were asked to record the time for the tablet to completely dissolve in the mouth and give scores for mouthfeel attributes and overall liking of the product. The melt granulation prototype (based on this invention) performed best on disintegration time (
The tablets of the invention were ranked the highest (1, best) in all four categories tested (dissolution time, grittiness, chalkiness and overall performance) against DC1, DC2 and KIDTAB. As illustrated in Overall preference was also scored (least squares mean from ANOVA) on a scale from 1 (most preferred) to 9 (least preferred). As indicated in The following is an example of a fast dissolving tablet wherein the active ingredient is ibuprofen.
Tablets were compressed using a rotary tablet press (Stokes Versa Press) at 3 kN, resulting in a hardness of 0.35-0.60 kP. In vivo disintegration time was 16 seconds. To compare fast dissolving tablets of the invention with fast dissolving tablets prepared by direct compression, the following two examples were prepared. Melt granulation fast dissolving tablet:
Melt granulation tablets and direct compression tablets were prepared based on the same formula, except that granular mannitol was used instead of the fast dissolve melt granulation. The compressibility of the two tablet formulations (melt granulation and direct compression) were compared. The two blends were compressed at different compression forces and the resulting tablets were evaluated for hardness and in vitro disintegration time. Tablet hardness (crushing strength) was measured using a high resolution texture analyzer (Stable Microsystems) with an acrylic cylindrical probe. In vitro disintegration was performed in a texture analyzer. A tablet was held on a net that was then attached to a Ľ″ stainless steal ball probe. The disintegration medium was 5 ml of water in a 50 ml beaker. The height of water was barely enough to submerge the tablet, and the water temperature was kept at 37±1° C. The texture analyzer was instructed to apply a small force (20 g) when the tablet hit the bottom of the beaker. The time for disintegration onset and total disintegration time was recorded. Compressibility: Fast dissolving tablets in general are soft and need to be blister-packaged directly off the tablet press. The tablets manufactured according to the invention can be compression or wet granulation. For fast dissolving tablets containing a coated active, it is important to compress at the lowest force possible so that the coating will not be ruptured under compression. With the melt granulation approach, tablets that are robust enough to withstand packaging right off the tablet press were obtained using a compression force as low as 2 kN, whereas for a similar direct compression formulation, acceptable tablets could not be obtained at compression forces below 5 kN ( Hardness and Friability: Although the melt granulation tablets had a lower hardness compared to direct compression tablets that are compressed at the same force ( In vitro Disintegration: The onset of disintegration was faster for the melt granulation prototypes compared to direct compression prototypes prepared at the same compression force ( The melt granulation was less sensitive to small changes in compression force, whereas for the direct compression formulation, both hardness and onset of disintegration increased sharply with increasing the compression force (
Tablets were compressed on Stokes Versapress. Compression force was not recorded. Tablet hardness was 1.5 kP. The tablets had a friability of less than 1.0% after 50 rotations in the friabilator, i.e, lost less than 1% of their initial weight and no tablet broke. Mean in vivo disintegration time was 25.8 seconds (12 subjects were asked to take the tablets and record the time it takes for the tablet to completely dissolve without chewing).
The present invention is not to be limited in scope by the specific embodiments described herein. Indeed, various modifications of the invention in addition to those described herein will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the foregoing description and the accompanying figures. Such modifications are intended to fall within the scope of the appended claims. It is further to be understood that all values are approximate, and are provided for description. Patents, patent applications, publications, product descriptions, and protocols are cited throughout this application, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties for all purposes. Patent Citations
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Did you know that there is an agency dedicated to serving the needs of the mature adult?
Did you know they provide activities, lunches and other social and recreational opportunities for seniors who need or would like to enhance their life?
Did you know that if a senior in your family needs individual assistance in counseling or community referrals, it is available through the Older Adult Counseling at the Area Agency on Aging office at PSOP?
Illinois Department on Aging – Lifespan Respite Program
In 2009, the Illinois Department on Aging was awarded funding by the Administration on Aging through the Lifespan Respite Care Act (Public Law 109-442). Objectives of this three year project are:
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- Improve the collaboration among state agencies providing respite funding
- Train caregivers and volunteers to provide respite
The goal of the Lifespan Emergency Respite Program is to offer funding and resources to support caregivers of children with special needs or adults with special needs who have an urgent need for respite care in the absence of any other funding source. The program supports the caregiver's decision to request emergency respite care and determine where the care will be delivered and by whom.
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We met for two meetings in March to discuss up-coming events and they worked one service project for 17th Street's Quarterly Community Meeting.
The girls have been very busy with school and we want to congratulate them for their grades. They have all been working hard to stay on top. Also congratulations to our 6 Seniors as they prepare for their next step in life. All the ladies are working hard on college applications and decisions. We'd also like to welcome our newest group which are our Rubies and these ladies range from 6th to 8th grade. The ladies next meeting is scheduled in late April. I'd also like to thank my mentors for all the hard work and time you invest into these ladies and their future.
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Anthony Brown resident of the 17th Street Corridor was among several high school achievers to receive recognition. Anthony graduated in December from Belleville West High School and, is the son of Torrence and Angie Brown of Swansea. His greatest competitive successes have come as a scholar athlete. Anthony is rated the No. 21 forward in the nation as a high school senior by CollegeSoccerNews.com and is currently training with St. Louis' new pro soccer team St. Louis FC. Academically, Anthony earned high honors and is a member of the National Honor Society. He has received several awards and achievements to include a Soccer Scholarship to St. Louis University, with his focus on Finance.
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There comes a time in one's life when you are confronted with the chance to help inspire and to help make a difference; this wonderful opportunity was given to me in the form of making available 17th Street's Newsletter to help launch a new page that will highlight up and coming young, bright, local, entrepreneurs in our communities.
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My opportunity came to me when working at Westhaven Elementary School with many talented teachers and helpers. One teacher told me the amazing story about her daughter and the amazing journey she was on. This shining star was a young lady by the name of Chelsea Crockett. It is my privilege to spotlight our Young Entrepreneur and her unique business. "Beautyliciousinsider."
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at my school for two years now and our teacher recently just assigned us our final project. Essentially, we need to just write a program that highlights our understanding of java. The project needs to cover various aspects of the java language and well, needless to say, I've been coming up short on ideas.
The project would need to include some sort of Set, Map, List, Sorting, Searching, Saving, Loading essentially anything you can think of that isn't to complicated in java (we don't know much of networking).
For my project I've been playing with the idea of creating a database that would store information on the sport of track and field. The way it would function is it would have information on each competition, event and runner. However, I'm not sure if this would be complicated enough to exemplify my understanding of the java language.
Does anyone here have ideas for a project that would cover the necessary traits or has had to do a project similar in description and can provide an idea of what they did? Note: The program must be legal so the idea of hacking into Iraq's information system as I found in the search menu is not a valid option.
Thanks for any help and if this is bothersome, the mods can delete it.
Dirk Schreckmann
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May 01, 2004 22:52:00
Perhaps a project or two listed at the following sites will help to give you some ideas.
Roedy Green's
List of Student Java Projects
Projects associated with various chapters of Bradley Kjell's
Introduction to Computer Science using Java
- the project links are on the right side of the page
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Mike Gershman
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May 02, 2004 14:52:00
Beyond Dirk's suggestions, you might want to check out the
ACM Programming Contest Archives
These problems are fairly challenging and not Java-specific, but perhaps you want to shoot for an A.
[ May 02, 2004: Message edited by: Mike Gershman ]
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