Melatonin tablet and methods of preparation and use
AssigneePharmaceutical Productions Inc.
InventorJohn A. McCARTY
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Abstract
The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for sublingual or buccal administration of actives with low to poor aqueous solubility, e.g. the indole hormone melatonin, which contains a solution of the active in a pharmaceutically acceptable solvent adsorbed or absorbed onto particles of a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and methods of preparing and using the pharmaceutical composition.
Claims15
A solid dosage form for sublingual or buccal administration of a hormone having low to poor aqueous solubility, said dosage form comprising melatonin in a dissolved state, said dissolved melatonin being associated with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier wherein the melatonin is in a dissolved state in the final dosage form.
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