Patent Abstract:
this invention describes the use of pharmaceutical compositions , which comprise three components of which at least one is a slow release therapeutic agent . such useful compositions are applicable for the treatment of humans suffering from diabetic , hypertensive , cardiovascular , hyperlipidemic conditions and their associated disorders thereof . combination therapy has the advantages of better patient compliance ; better therapeutic efficacy coupled with a reduction in the dose for some of the individual therapeutic agent in the combination .

Detailed Description:
in accordance with the present invention , a novel therapeutic triple combination drug delivery system by gastro - retention of different classes of drugs is addressed with anti - diabetic as an example but not limited to either the specific composition or for the treatment of this disease only . anti - diabetic drugs given in a sustained and / or immediate release belonging to different classes of anti - diabetic agents , which act by different mechanisms of action , resulting in a better level of glycemic control is described . a ) using a sustained / controlled release agent which is a candidate for a sustained release regimen with b ) an immediate / controlled release agent which is a candidate for an immediate release or controlled release as the case maybe with c ) an immediate release drug preferably having a long elimination half life . the controlled release is achieved through use of a hydrophilic polymer and / or one or more hydrophobic polymers and / or one or more hydrophobic materials . the immediate release component may be coated onto the extended release components ( s ) or may be compressed onto it . the sustained / controlled release component employed belongs to the class of a soluble , absorption window drugs which fulfil the characteristics find clinical rationale for a sutained / controlled release and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts . the immediate release or sustained / controlled release second component employed belongs to the class of drugs wherein immediate release uses drugs with a long elimination half - life and sustained / controlled release uses drugs with a short elimination half life and its salts . an immediate release component belonging to the class not covered by the classes of the first and second components and it is preferably a drug with a long elimination half life . the ranges of the different active components and the amounts they make up as a part of the triple combination as a percentage of the total weight of components given as a single / dual or triple combination therapy or as a kit are given below as an example : first active component : slow release : 10 - 90 % w / w of the total formulation . second active component : immediate release — 0 . 025 - 0 . 5 % w / w of total formulation . the hydrophilic polymers which maybe employed for achieving the sustained / controlled release include but not limited to hydroxypropylmethylcellulose , hydroxypropylcellulose , sodium carboxymethylcellulose , carboxymethylcellulose inorganic salts , alginate and their salts , pectates and pectinates , povidone , gelatin and its commercially available physicochemical forms like gelatin 180 bloom , alginates etc . hydrophobic polymers employed to achieve sustained / controlled release includes but not limited to ethyl cellulose , hydroxyethylcellulose etc and other acrylic acid copolymers . cyclodextrins may also be used to form an inclusion complex for one of the active agents in the sustained / controlled release component ( s ) as an inclusion complexer to achieve this . it may additionally in complex form help to achieve compatability between the actives in case of any incompatability between the two actives by physically separating them within the formulation through formation of a complex . one may use an unsubstituted , or substituted cyclodextrin . typical examples for the formulations for this triple drug combination and a brief process of manufacture to illustrate the present invention is given below for illustrative purposes : metformin hcl xl + glipizide xl + pioglitazone ir tablets . % w / w with respect to ingredients total weight function metformin hydrochloride 51 . 6 active ( biguanide ) hpmc k100m 1 . 3 hydrogel hpmc k15m 3 . 7 hydrogel povidone k 90 2 . 4 binder magnesium stearate 0 . 6 lubricant ethyl cellulose 1 . 4 rate controlling membrane polyethylene glycol 4000 0 . 5 plasticizer hpmc e5 2 . 3 film former titanium dioxide 0 . 5 opacifier glipizide 0 . 5 active ( sulfonylurea ) betacyclodextrin 9 . 4 inclusion complexer hpc lf ( klucel lf ) 0 . 6 hydrogel sodium lauryl sulphate 0 . 8 surfactant dicalcium phosphate 7 . 5 filler / excipient stearic acid 0 . 2 lubricant colloidal silicon dioxide 0 . 2 bridging agent simethicone emulsion 0 . 05 anti - foaming agent hydroxyethylcellulose 3 coating agent ( natrosol 250m ) pioglitazone 2 . 2 active ( glitazone ) hydrochloride granulation of glipizide : dry mix glipizide , hpc lf ( klucel lf ), beta cyclodextrin and dicalcium phosphate . granulate with a mixture of surfactant and an antifoaming agenyt in a suitable mixer . after a slight wet mass has been formed add hec ( natrosol 250m ) and mix further for about 5 minutes . pass the wet granules through a multimill with an aperture of about 6 mm and dry preferably in a fluid bed dryer at a temperature not exceeding 95 deg c . pass the dried granules through a suitable mesh ( preferably 20 mesh ) and mill the retained granules through a 2 . 5 mm multi mill preferably . lubricate the granules obtained with stearic acid , magnesium stearate and colloidal silicone dioxide in a suitable blender . i . granulation of metformin : dry mix together metformin hcl , hpmc k 15m , povidone k 90 in a suitable mixer . granulate with purified water and dry the granules so obtained in a fluid bed dryer at a temperature not exceeding 95 deg c . pass the dried granules through a suitable mesh ( preferably 20 mesh ) and mill the retained granules through a 2 . 5 mm multi mill preferably . lubricate the granules obtained with magnesium stearate in a suitable blender . ii . mix granulate a and b from above with hpmc k 100m using a suitable blender . iii . compress using tablet tooling into a moldable shape . iv . seal coating : seal coat the compressed tablets using ethylcellulose , hpmc , peg 4000 and titanium dioxide v . drug coating : coat the immediate release component over the seal coat using a suitable excipient like opadry in conjunction with the active agent in a suitable solution to achieve the desired loading of the immediate release active agent in the formulation . metformin hcl xl + gliclazide xl + pioglitazone ir tablets . % w / w with respect to ingredients total weight function metformin hydrochloride 51 . 6 active ( biguanide ) gliclazide 1 . 3 active ( sulfonylurea ) hpmc k100m 3 . 7 hydrogel povidone k 90 2 . 4 binder magnesium stearate 0 . 6 lubricant gelatin ( 180 bloom ) 1 . 4 retardant hpmc e6 0 . 5 rate controlling membrane ethyl cellulose 2 . 3 film former polyethylene glycol 4000 0 . 5 lubricant titanium dioxide 0 . 5 opacifier pioglitazone hcl 9 . 4 active ( glitazone ) opadry 0 . 6 coating agent a . granulation of gliclazide and metformin : dry mix gliclazide , metformin hcl , hpmc k 100m and povidone k 90 in a suitable mixer . granulate with a gelatin dissolved in hot water in a suitable mixer . dry preferably in a fluid bed dryer at a temperature not exceeding 95 deg c . pass the dried granules through a suitable mesh ( preferably 20 mesh ) and mill the retained granules through a 2 . 5 mm multi mill preferably . lubricate the granules obtained with magnesium stearate in a suitable blender . b . compress using tablet tooling into a moldable shape . c . seal coating : seal coat the compressed tablets using ethylcellulose , hpmc , peg 4000 and titanium dioxide . d . drug coating : coat the immediate release component over the seal coat using a suitable excipient like opadry in conjunction with the active agent in a suitable solution to achieve the desired loading of the immediate release active agent in the formulation . metformin hcl xl + glimepiride ir + pioglitazone ir tablets . % w / w with respect to ingredients total weight function metformin hydrochloride 47 . 2 active ( biguanide ) carboxymethylcellulose 10 . 4 matrix for controlled sodium ( high viscocity ) sustained release hpmc k100m 18 . 9 hydrogel gelatin ( 180 bloom ) 3 . 8 matrix for controlled sustained release microcrystalline cellulose 9 . 4 filler magnesium stearate 0 . 95 lubricant pioglitazone hcl 1 . 98 active ( glitazone ) glimepiride 0 . 29 active ( sulfonylurea ) hpmc e6 2 . 83 film former polyethylene glycol 4000 0 . 28 plasticizer titanium dioxide 0 . 28 opacifier povidone k 30 3 . 77 binder a . granulation of metformin : dry mix metformin hcl , hpmc k 100m , sodium carboxymethylcellulose , microcrystalline cellulose and povidone k 90 in a suitable mixer . granulate with a gelatin dissolved in hot water in a suitable mixer . dry preferably in a fluid bed dryer at a temperature not exceeding 95 deg c . pass the dried granules through a suitable mesh ( preferably 20 mesh ) and mill the retained granules through a 2 . 5 mm multi mill preferably . lubricate the granules obtained with magnesium stearate in a suitable blender . b . compress using tablet tooling into a moldable shape . c . seal coating : seal coat the compressed tablets using , hpmc , peg 4000 and titanium dioxide . d . drug coating : coat the immediate release component ( s ) over the seal coat using a suitable excipient like hydroxypropylmethylcellulose and peg 4000 in a suitable solution to achieve the desired loading of the immediate release active agent ( s ) in the formulation . metformin hcl xl + glimepiride ir + pioglitazone ir tablets . % w / w with respect to ingredients total weight function metformin hydrochloride 77 . 0 active ( biguanide ) hpmc k100m 5 . 44 matrix for controlled sustained release povidone k 90 3 . 62 hydrogel magnesium stearate 0 . 45 matrix for controlled sustained release gelatin ( 180 bloom ) 4 . 53 filler hpmc e6 1 . 81 lubricant ethylcellulose 1 . 09 active ( glitazone ) polyethylene glycol 4000 0 . 34 active ( sulfonylurea ) titanium dioxide 0 . 34 film former pioglitazone hcl 1 . 9 plasticizer glimepiride 0 . 27 opacifier opadry 03b57658 grey 3 . 17 binder a . granulation of metformin : dry mix metformin hcl , hpmc k 100m , and povidone k 90 in a suitable mixer . granulate with a gelatin dissolved in hot water in a suitable mixer . dry preferably in a fluid bed dryer at a temperature not exceeding 95 deg c . pass the dried granules through a suitable mesh ( preferably 20 mesh ) and mill the retained granules through a 2 . 5 mm multi mill preferably . lubricate the granules obtained with magnesium stearate in a suitable blender . b . compress using tablet tooling into a moldable shape . c . seal coating : seal coat the compressed tablets using ethylcellulose , hpmc , peg 4000 and titanium dioxide . d . drug coating : coat the immediate release component ( s ) over the seal coat using a suitable excipient like opadry grey in a suitable solution to achieve the desired loading of the immediate release active agent ( s ) in the formulation . when tested for in - vitro release , it was observed that around 30 - 50 % of the drug was released for the sustained / controlled release components within a period of about 2 to 3 hours and not less than 75 % 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