Rapidly resorbable glibenclamide
AssigneeBoehringer Mannheim GmbH
InventorsWerner Rothe, Helmut Heinemann, Felix Helmut Schmidt, Gunter Betzien
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Abstract
A blood sugar lowering composition comprising as the active material particulate glibenclamide having a surface area of about 3 to 10 m.sup.2 /g in admixture with a pharmacologically acceptable non-ionic wetting agent present in about 2 to 20 times the weight of the glibenclamide. The preferred wetting agent is polyoxyethylene stearate present in about 5 to 10 times the weight of the glibenclamide.
Claims5
A blood sugar lowering composition comprising microfine particulate glibenclamide having a surface area of about 3 to 10 m.sup.2 /g in admixture with a pharmacologically acceptable non-ionic wetting agent present in about 2 to 20 times the weight of the glibenclamide.
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