Cyclic orally disintegrating tablet

Abstract

An orally disintegrating tablet combinable with a variety of drugs and exhibits excellent disintegrating properties in an oral cavity but having strength and the like allowing ability to form a tablet. The annular orally disintegrating tablet containing a drug and a disintegrating agent; and having a hole in a central portion making it annular. The content of the disintegrating agent relative to total weight is 2% to 50% by weight. It exhibits excellent disintegrating properties, i.e., when a gradient of disintegrating time (seconds) of the tablet with respect to tableting pressure (kN) upon compression-forming is defined as “a” and a gradient of disintegrating time (seconds) of a disk-shaped orally disintegrating tablet with respect to tableting pressure (kN) upon compression-forming is defined as “b”, the disk-shaped orally disintegrating tablet having the same weight and external diameter as the annular orally disintegrating tablet the ratio (a/b) is 0.90 or less.

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