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Pharmaceutical Technology: Controlled Drug Release, Volume 2

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MULTIPARTICULATES [CH. 13 143<br />

rev min −1 for 30 min and then cooled to 20°C while still stirring. The resultant microcapsules<br />

were separated by filtration, washed four times with petroleum ether (boiling point, 40–60°C),<br />

dried in a stream of nitrogen and stored in a desiccator.<br />

Preparation of mixtures<br />

Non-microencapsulated mixtures of poly (DL-lactic acid) and phenobarbitone (ratios 1:1 and 1:2)<br />

were prepared by mixing the powders for 10 min.<br />

Preparation of tablets<br />

Tablets were prepared from both the microcapsules and mixtures using a Dartec Ltd universal<br />

testing machine. The quantity of drug contained was a nominal 200 mg and the punch diameter<br />

was 10 mm. Compression was at a constant rate of 1 kN s −1 with tablets prepared at 2, 5 and 10<br />

kN. The tensile strength of the tablets was calculated using the formula T s =2P/Dtπ. The<br />

characteristics of the tablets prepared are shown in Table 1.<br />

Table 1—Characteristics of tablets prepared from microcapsules and mixtures of polymer and drug<br />

Particle size measurements<br />

A Coulter counter (model TA II) attached to an Apple computer (IIe) was used for all particle size<br />

measurements.

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