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Hot tableting as a new method for obtaining tablets from slow release-coated pellets.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19466897     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Coating of pellets poses difficulties in the tableting process, which is attributed to the fact that ethylcellulose is a fragile polymer having low resistance to compression. This property of ethylcellulose is the reason why obtaining a slow release profile from tableted pellets comparable with that of uncompressed pellets is practically impossible when traditional tableting process is employed.
METHOD: This work presents a newly developed method of hot tableting of pellets. The pellets used in the process were tramadol hydrochloride (TH) coated with an Aquacoat ECD aqueous dispersion. A physical property of PEG 3000 (one of the components of the tablet formulation) to liquidify at a given temperature was used in the process of hot tableting carried out at about 56 degrees C.
RESULTS: During the hot tableting, when a low compression force of about 1 kN was applied, semiliquid granules containing melted PEG 3000 combined with TH pellets. As the temperature decreases to room temperature, a tablet matrix of good physical parameters was created. In the proposed hot tableting method, granulates containing PEG 3000 provide the tableted pellets sufficient protection from being destroyed. An evidence of such protection is confirmed by the fact that the TH slow release profile from the tableted pellets is comparable to that of uncompressed pellets.
CONCLUSION: The hot tableting method allows to obtain the tablets containing compressed pellets with a TH slow release profile comparable to that of uncompresed pellets.
Authors:
Wieslaw Sawicki; Jaroslaw Mazgalski
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Drug development and industrial pharmacy     Volume:  35     ISSN:  1520-5762     ISO Abbreviation:  Drug Dev Ind Pharm     Publication Date:  2009 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-06-16     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7802620     Medline TA:  Drug Dev Ind Pharm     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  857-65     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland. wsawicki@amg.gda.pl
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