| abstract |
Stable, pharmaceutical ketoprofen salts for oral administration are provided in oily solutions to avoid direct contact of acid forms of ketoprofen with the gastric or duodenal mucus membranes. Sodium, arginine, lysine and/or N-methylglucamine salts of ketoprofen are disclosed in solutions of polyoxyethyenatide vegetable oil, castor oil, esters of fatty acids and/or polyols. These oily solutions of ketoprofen may be administered orally in capsule form. |