CROSS-LINKED HIGH AMYLOSE STARCH HAVING FUNCTIONAL GROUPS AS A MATRIX FOR THE SLOW RELEASE OF PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS

摘要

The present invention relates to a solid slow release oral pharmaceutical dosage unit resistant to amylase which comprises a solid dosage unit made up of an admixture of a therapeutic dosage of an orally effective pharmaceutical agent, an optional polysaccharide or polyol, and high amylose starch, wherein the cross-linking of the high amylose starch has been carried out with a crosslinking agent with from about 0.1 g to about 40 g of cross-linking agent per 100 g of high amylose starch. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the high amylose starch is modified with a functional group-attaching reagent that covalently bonds functional groups thereto.