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When a light and porous inorganic substance is employed in a large amount as a excipient, it is impossible in the subsequent tabletting step using a tabletting machine to supply a desired amount of the resultant powder into a mortar having a definite diameter. As a result, extremely light tablets are produced. A method of producing the tablet is characterized by including dissolving or dispersing an oily substance, a liquid substance derived from a natural product or a low-melting substance in an organic solvent, allowing a porous calcium silicate powder to adsorb and hold the solution, adding a starch and/or a saccharide thereto, granulating the obtained mixture to give granules having an appropriate loose bulk density, and then compression molding those granules to give tablets. |