Patent ID: 6391341
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: A61K,Y10S

Abstract:
Stable pellet pharmaceutical preparations containing piroxicam characterized in that they contain an amount of active ingredient of between 5 and 50 mg, an inert core with spherical symmetry and a diameter of 600-850 &mgr;m, constituted by starch and sucrose, coated with an active layer containing piroxicam in micronized form and pharmaceutically acceptable inert excipients, mixed in appropriate proportions in order to allow the adequate disaggregation of the formulations and dissolution of the active ingredient, coated in turn with a polymeric insulating layer and soluble in water, said polymeric insulating layer being coated finally with a gastroresistant or enteric layer of a minimum thickness of 20 &mgr;m.