PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING DISEASES OF THE ORAL CAVITY

摘要

A water-soluble or water-dispersible particulate pharmaceutical composition comprises, per one part by weight of at least one glycyrrhetinic acid derivative selected from the group consisting of glycyrrhetinic acid hemiesters and the salts thereof and the esters of glycyrrhetinic acid and of 3-0-acyl derivatives of glycyrrhetinic acid, 10 to 100 parts by weight of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of lactose and sorbitol, 10 to 50 parts by weight of at least one buffer selected from the group consisting of sodium citrate, potassium citrate, sodium tartrate, potassium tartrate, sodium malate and potassium malate and 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of disodium edetate. The composition of the invention is intended to be dissolved in water to produce a mouthwash to be used in the treatment of ulceration and inflammation of the oral cavity.