摘要 |
Pharmaceutical tablet comprises (a) one or more excipients, and (b) an amt. of Colestipol hydrochloride (I) effective for treating or preventing hypercholesterolemia in a patient to whom one or more tablets are administered, and has the following physical characteristics: hardness 40-75 SCUs; thickness 0.200-0.340 inch; and friability 0-0.1%/15 mins.. (I) is finely milled and the tablet has the following additional characteristics: tablet wt. 1017-1079 mg. and disintegration time of less than 5 mins. The excipients are povidone, colloidal silicon dioxide and magnesium stearate. Pref. the tablet has 1000 mg. of (I). The tablet wt. is 1048 mg., the hardness is 40-50 SCUs, and the thickness is 0.320-0.340 inch.
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