摘要 |
<p>A pharmaceutical composition comprises (%) an idazoxan salt or idazoxan hydrate (5-20), microcrystalline cellulose (10-40), lubricant (1-5), colloidal silica (0.1-0.5) and lactose (29.5-84.8). Independent claims are included for the following: (a) tablets comprising the pharmaceutical composition (50 - 1000, preferably 100 - 600) mg; (b) manufacture of the tablet involving direct tabletting of a powder mixture; (c) use of the composition and tablet optionally in combination with an atypical antipsychotic neuroleptic exhibiting a greater antagonist affinity for the dopamine D2 receptor than is its antagonist affinity for the alpha -adrenoreceptor, a medicament for the preventive and/or curative treatment of severe psychotic disorders (preferably schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorders); (d) polymorphic forms I, II, III, IV or V of idazoxan having X-ray diffraction pattern as given in the specification and having a differential thermal analysis thermogram exhibiting a single maximum value at 207.5+-0.2, 203+-0.4, 203.8+-0.5, 205.3+-0.5, 205.6+-0.4 respectively. ACTIVITY : Antidepressant; Antiparkinsonian; Neuroleptic; CNS-Gen.. MECHANISM OF ACTION : None given.</p> |