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Last Updated: December 22, 2024

Claims for Patent: 4,060,634

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Summary for Patent: 4,060,634

Title:	Rapidly resorbable glibenclamide
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.
Inventor(s):	Rothe; Werner (Hockenheim, DT), Heinemann; Helmut (Heidelberg, DT), Schmidt; Felix Helmut (Mannheim-Seckenheim, DT), Betzien; Gunter (Mannheim, DT)
Assignee:	Boehringer Mannheim G.m.b.H. (Mannheim, DT)
Application Number:	05/688,435
Patent Claims:	1. 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. 2. The composition of claim 1, wherein the active material has a particle surface area of 5 to 10 m.sup.2 /g. 3. The composition of claim 1, wherein the dispersion agent is present in about 5 to 10 times the weight of the glibenclamide. 4. The composition of claim 1, wherein the wetting agent is polyoxyethylene stearate. 5. A unit dose of the composition of claim 4, wherein the glibenclamide is present in about 0.5 to 10 mg and the polyoxyethylene stearate is present in about 5 to 10 times the weight of the glibenclamide.

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