PROCEDIMIENTO PARA REVESTIR MEDICAMENTOS

摘要

A pharmaceutical composition of a medicament, such as a 5-(pyridinyl)-2(IH) pyridone, in sustained release unit dosage form for oral administration. The composition is in the form of beads within a capsule of gelatin or the like. Each bead comprises an inert particulate core having adhered thereto a coating of particles of the medicament. This coating is in turn surrounded by a sustaining coating of three different polymers with different solubility profiles to allow a sustained release of the medicament both in the low pH environment of the stomach and at a higher pH values prevailing in the intestine.