Antidiarrheal compositions containing loperamide hydrochloride and a saccharide
AssigneeSS Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
InventorsToshiaki Kurazumi, Hiroyuki Mizuno, Katsumi Imamori, Akira Iwasa
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Abstract
Described herein are antidiarrheal compositions containing loperamide hydrochloride as an effective ingredient and a saccharide, for example, a monosaccharide, oligosaccharide or sugar alcohol in an amount as much as at least 3,000 times the weight of loperamide hydrochloride.
Claims6
An antidiarrheal composition, comprising an amount of a mixture of loperamide hydrochloride and a saccharide selected from the group consisting of fructose, glucose, sucrose, sorbitol, xylitol, mannitol and mixtures thereof effective for the control of diarrhea, said loperamide hydrochloride being present in an amount of from 0.0003 to 0.001 wt. % of said composition and said saccharide being present in an amount of from 9 to about 98 wt. % of said composition and from 20,000 times to 50,000 times the weight of said loperamide hydrochloride.
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