Once daily pharmaceutical tablet having a unitary core

Abstract

A controlled release tablet is disclosed which comprises: (a) a homogeneous compressed core which comprises: (i) a medicament which is very slightly soluble to practically insoluble in water at 25° C.; (ii) a water soluble osmotic compound (iii) one or more osmotic polymers; and (b) a membrane coating which completely covers said core tablet which comprises a mixture of a: (i) a water insoluble pharmaceutically acceptable polymer; and (ii) a pH dependent polymer such as an enteric coating polymer, the weight ratio of the pH dependent polymer to the water insoluble pharmaceutically acceptable polymer being 0.1:1 to 0.75:1. A controlled release tablet which comprises: (a) a medicament (a) a homogeneous compressed core which comprises: (i) a medicament; (ii) a water soluble osmotic compound (iii) one or more osmotic polymers; and (b) a membrane coating which completely covers said core tablet which comprises a mixture of: (i) a water insoluble pharmaceutically acceptable polymer; and (ii) an enteric polymer.

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