| abstract |
The invention concerns a pharmaceutical tablet for oral administration, for the controlled release of alfuzosine chlorhydrate at the proximal segments of the gastrointestinal tract, characterised in that it consists of: a) a first layer (1) capable of swelling noticeably and rapidly in contact with aqueous biological liquids, said layer being produced by a mixture or a granule containing hydrophilic polymers constituting 5.0 to 90 % and preferably 10 to 85 % of the layer weight; b) a second layer (2) adjacent to or superposed on the first layer, in which is carried the alfuzosine chlorhydrate, this layer being formed with hydrophilic polymers and other auxiliary substances, so as to give to the preparation suitable compressibility properties and to enable the release of the alfuzosine chlorhydrate in a predetermined lapse of time; c) and optionally a third layer (3) obtained by compression and applied on layer (2), generally consisting in particular of hydrophilic polymers which gel and/or swell and then can be optionally eroded and acting as a barrier modulating the release of the alfuzosine of layer (2), layer (3) being almost impermeable to the passage of the active substance. The invention is applicable to a pharmaceutical composition. |