Teste masking pharmaceutical composition

摘要

The invention describes a composition suitable for oral administration comprising and antibiotic macrolide and a polycarbophil. The antibiotic macrolide is preferably clarithromycin. The polycarbophil is reported to have surprising taste-masking properties in combination with the antibiotic and acts by inhibiting the undesirable release of the antibiotic component in the mouth or stomach. Several methods of preparing granules of the antibiotic macrolide said polycarbophil are also described.