Sustained release aspirin

摘要

A sustained release aspirin dosage form permits the continuous delivery of aspirin into the gastrointestinal tract for a period of at least eight hours. The sustained release aspirin dosage form comprises a plurality of polymerically coated aspirin crystals each of which comprises an aspirin seed. The majority of aspirin seeds have a mesh size of from about 30 to about 60 mesh. Each of the aspirin seeds is individually coated with a polymeric mixture, which comprises from about 1.5 to about 15 parts by weight ethylcellulose and about one part by weight hydroxypropylcellulose.