Preparation method of microdispersed tablet formulation of spray-dried sodium diclofenac enteric-coated microcapsules

摘要

A preparation method of sodium diclofenac enteric-coated microcapsules by spray drying technique comprising the steps of (a) dissolving sodium diclofenac in an appropriate amount of distilled water; (b) adding an effective amount of excipients to the above solution to form a suspension; (c) adding methacrylic acid-ethyl acrylate copolymers (Eudragit L 30D) and polyethyleneglycol 6000 (PEG 6000) as the enteric-coating material to form a slurry; (d) atomizing the slurry to form spray-dried powder; (e) mixing the spray-dried powder with a mixture of microcrystalline cellulose (neocel) and pregelatinized starch (flo-starch); and (f) compressing the powder mixture into a microdispersed enteric tablet. The spray drying technique could be easily performed to prepare the enteric-coated microcapsules with aqueous latex polymer dispersion such as Eudragit L 30D as an enteric-coating polymer.