Elite Pharmaceuticals Inc (ELTP)

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Patent Appl 13/379486 is much more than Opioids!!!!!

ORAL DOSAGE FORMS


Abstract

Aspects of the present invention are directed to oral dosage forms comprising a compressed microtablet, wherein said microtablet has a major dimension that is between about 0.25 mm and about 1.0 mm and comprises at least about 0.01 weight percent of at least one pharmaceutically active agent that is distributed substantially throughout said microtablet. Additional aspects of the present invention are directed to methods for producing compressed microtablets having a major dimension that is between about 0.25 mm and about 1.0 mm.

The 1st and 2nd claims said it all

Claims



1. An oral dosage form comprising a compressed microtablet, wherein said microtablet has a major dimension that is between about 0.25 mm and about 1 0 mm and comprises at least about 0.01 weight percent of at least one pharmaceutically active agent that is distributed substantially throughout said microtablet.

2. The oral dosage form of claim 1, wherein the pharmaceutically active agent is an analgesic, anti-inflammatory agent, anti helminthic, anti-arrhythmic agent, anti-bacterial agent, anti-viral agent, anti-coagulant, anti-depressant, anti-diabetic, anti-epileptic, anti-fungal agent, anti-gout agent, anti-hypertensive agent, anti-malarial, anti-migraine agent, anti-muscarinic agent, anti-neoplastic agent, erectile dysfunction improvement agent, immunosuppresant, anti-protozoal agent, anti-thyroid agent, anxiolytic agent, sedative, hypnotic, neuroleptic, beta-blocker, cardiac inotropic agent, corticosteroid, diuretic, anti-parkinsonian agent, gastrointestinal agent, histamine receptor antagonist, keratolytic, lipid regulating agent, anti-anginal agent, COX-2 inhibitor, leukotriene inhibitor, macrolide, muscle relaxant, anti-osteoporosis agent, anti-obesity agent, cognition enhancer, anti-urinary incontinence agent, nutritional oil, anti-benign prostate hypertrophy agent, essential fatty acid, non-essential fatty acid, or mixture thereof.