Claims
- 1. A medicament adsorbate which comprises magnesium trisilicate having a surface area of at least 400 m.sup.2 /g and having a flake-like structure with multiple interstitial spaces, and containing adsorbed therein from about 1% to about 20% by weight of the adsorbate of a medicament drug wherein the medicament drug is selected from the group of antitussive materials consisting of noscapine, carbetapentane citrate, chlophedianol hydrochoride and mixtures thereof.
- 2. The adsorbate of claim 1 wherein the medicament drug is present in the amount of about 5% to about 15% by weight of the adsorbate.
- 3. The adsorbate of claim 1 wherein the medicament trisilicate has a surface area of about 440 m.sup.2 /g to about 600 m/g.
- 4. A process for preparing a medicament adsorbate which comprises dissolving a medicament drug wherein the medicament drug is selected from the group of antitussive materials consisting of noscapine, carbetapentane citrate, chlophedianol hydrochoride and mixtures thereof in solvent, admixing magnesium trisilicate having a surface are of at least 400 m.sup.2 /g and having a flake-like structure with multiple interstitial spaces therewith to prepare a mass having a homogenous consistency to enable migration of the medicament drug within the interstitial spaces of the magnesium trisilicate and recovering the medicament adsorbate product.
- 5. The process of claim 4 which comprises employing about 15% to about 35% by weight solvent to prepare a granulated admixture containing the medicament drug and magnesium trisilicate adsorbate which is dried to a final moisture content of about 5% to about 20% weight.
- 6. The process of claim 4 which comprises employing about 30% to about 60% solvent by weight of the total composition to prepare a slurry and thereafter removing the solvent from the slurry to form a paste.
- 7. The process of claim 6 wherein the paste is dried and recovered as a free flowing powder.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation in part of copending U.S. application Ser. No. 516,002 filed July 20, 1983 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,581,232.
This invention relates to a medicament adsorbate composition containing magnesium trisilicate and in particular to a medicament adsorbate which employs a magnesium trisilicate having a surface area of at least 400 m.sup.2 /g with a surface structure having multiple interstitial-flaked spaces.
The use of magnesium trisilicates in the preparation of medicament adsorbates has been taught in the literature as a method to render bitter drug principles tasteless in liquid, tablet and chewable dosage forms which become readily bioavailable when the adsorbate reaches the low pH acid media of the stomach.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,085,942 to Magid discloses the formation of an antitussive composition using dextromethorphan and its acid addition salts adsorbed, in part, on magnesium trisilicate. Magid notes that particle size of the magnesium trisilicate is not critical in preparing the adsorbates and that average particle sizes of about 0.1 to about 150 microns are usable. Magid also notes that when the ingredients are intimately mixed, the bitter taste associated with dextromethorphan is reduced or eliminated. The adsorbate may be mixed with other ingredients to form compressed tablets, candy lozenges, chewing gum tablets and the like.
Most of these products when placed in the mouth and chewed, however, cause release of the medicament drug from the adsorbate resulting in the sensation of off-taste medicine to the user. Efforts therefore have been diverted to the development of products that either reduce the amount of medicament or mask the after-taste, such as by minimizing stimulation of the taste buds. These methods have involved various techniques such as microencapsulation as a method of coating particles or liquid droplets with edible polymeric materials; adsorption onto substrates capable of keeping the drugs adsorbed while in the mouth but releasing them eventually in the stomach or gastrointestional tract; spray congealing and spray coating involving taste masking of materials with fatty acids or monoglycerides and diglycerides of edible fatty acids; formation of different salts or derivatives by modification of the chemical composition of the drug substance itself.
It would, therefore, be desirable to develop a medicament adsorbate that would enable such products to be made without the bitter after-taste characteristics, that result from incorporating effective amounts of bitter medicaments, and that can be made and used easily without elaborate processing procedures.
Applicants have unexpectedly discovered that use of a particular magnesium trisilicate, rather than conventional magnesium trisilicates broadly, such as described by Magid, results in the formation of an adsorbate having adsorbency potentials greater than commercially available grades of magnesium silicates and achieves optimum medicament taste-masking characteristics while providing rapid bioavailability.
In particular, applicants have found that an adsorbate exhibiting unexpected results is only achieved with a magnesium trisilicate having a critical surface area of at least 400 m.sup.2 /g when the particles of the magnesium trisilicate exhibit a flake-like structure having multiple interstitial spaces.
This particular magnesium trisilicate has been found to be suitable for preparation of tasteless medicament adsorbates.
While the invention is not to be limited to theoretical considerations, it is believed that the surface area of the magnesium trisilicate coupled with the flaked-like surface results in an unusual ability to adsorb the medicament drug within the channels, convolutions or interstitial spaces of the adsorbate. Once adsorbed within the magnesium trisilicate, the drug is not available for organoleptic taste prior to passage into the digestive tract and subsequent desorption by the gastric juice. This pronounced adsorption effect is not found in normal commercially available magnesium trisilicate and appears to be unrelated to particle size.
Accordingly, the applicants have unexpectedly discovered a medicament adsorbate which comprises magnesium trisilicate having a surface area of at least 400 m.sup.2 /g which has a flake-like structure having multiple interstitial space, containing from about 1% to about 20% by weight of the adsorbate of a medicament drug.
Applicants have also unexpectedly discovered a process for preparing the medicament adsorbate which process involves dissolving the medicament drug in a solvent, admixing magnesium trisilicate having a surface area of at least 400 m.sup.2 /g which has a flake-like structure with multiple interstitial spaces therewith to prepare a mass having a homogenous consistency to enable the medicament drug to migrate within the magnesium trisilicate interstitial spaces and recovering the medicament adsorbate product.
The medicament adsorbate of the invention may further include a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and be in the form of a lozenge, tablet, toffee, nougat, chewy candy, and chewing gum.
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| Khalil, et al., C.A. 79:9826n (1973). |
| Magid, et al., C.A. 57:12649b (1962). |
| Zentner C.A., 65:578a (1966). |
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| El-Nakeeb, et al., C.A. 68:89857j (1968). |
| El Masry, et al., C.A. 81:41376t (1974). |
Continuation in Parts (1)
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Patent Grant
4650663
