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Objectives Figure 1. Process for preparing tablets. Figure 3. In-vitro drug release for tablets containing glipizide,
comparing tablets with an EC-based coating and commercial product
Acceptable similarity in verapamil HCl release was demonstrated for the optimum
tablets with an EC-based coating and commercial product under different media pH
• Develop an ethylcellulose (EC)-based coating Drug Layer Push Layer in different media conditions (f2>52). conditions. (Figure 6). Conditions included C, E, and F, as described earlier.
formulation for glipizide and verapamil HCl blending
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Glucotrol A Figure 6. In-vitro drug release for tablets containing verapamil HCl,
osmotic pump tablets equivalent to commercially Blended Material Blended Material
100
Glucotrol B
Glucotrol C
comparing tablets with an EC-based coating and commercial product in
available drug products. granulation
Glucotrol D
Glucotrol E
different media conditions.
• Compare film properties, tablet stability, and in- Wet Granules Wet Granules 80
Glucotrol F
EC-based
100
Materials
80
For drug release testing under different media conditions simulating the human 0
gastrointestinal tract, the following conditions were used: accelerated conditions.
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A. hydrochloric acid solution (pH=1.2) 60
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B. 1% hydrochloride sodium lauryl sulfate
C. acetic acid-sodium acetate buffer solution (pH=4.5)
D. 1% sodium lauryl sulfate acetic acid-sodium acetate solution 40
E. phosphate buffered solution (pH=6.8) Acceptable similarity in glipizide release was demonstrated for the commercial Covera-HS
F. hydrochloric acid solution (pH=1.2) for the first 2 h+ phosphate buffered product and the tablets coated with an EC-based coating under different media Formulation 11-1, f2=74
solution (pH=6.8) for remainder. conditions simulating the human gastrointestinal tract (Figure 3). 20 Formulation 11-2, f2=74
Acceptable similarity in glipizide release was demonstrated for the commercial Formulation 11, f2=74
Further details of the methods can be obtained from the authors. product and the tablets with an EC-based coating under similar fed (FaSSIF) and
fasted (FeSSIF) stomach states (Figure 4). 0
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