Pharmaceutical composition particles, orally disintegrating preparation including same, and method for producing pharmaceutical composition particles

Abstract

Provided are pharmaceutical composition particles which are capable of achieving both of masking of an unpalatable taste and improvement in dissolution properties; an orally disintegrating tablet including the pharmaceutical composition particles; and a method for manufacturing the pharmaceutical composition particles. Each of the pharmaceutical composition particles includes: a drug-containing core particle; an intermediate layer containing a gelling swelling substance and coating an outside of the core particle; and an outermost layer containing a water-insoluble substance and coating an outside of the intermediate layer. In addition, the method for manufacturing the pharmaceutical composition particles includes: a pulverization step of pulverizing the gelling swelling substance so as to have an average particle diameter of 15 μm or less; a suspension step of obtaining a suspension by suspending the gelling swelling substance pulverized at the pulverization step in an organic solvent; an intermediate layer formation step of forming an intermediate layer on an outside of a core particle by spraying the suspension obtained at the suspension step onto the core particle containing a drug; and an outer layer formation step of forming an outer layer by coating an outside of the intermediate layer with a water-insoluble substance.

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