Scored tablet

The invention relates to a scored tablet comprising Tapentadol or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof embedded in a prolonged release matrix material; wherein the scored tablet provides prolonged release of Tapentadol or the physiologically acceptable salt thereof; wherein the scored tablet ha...

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Hauptverfasser: BERTRAM, Ulrike, RÜTTGERS, Udo, BARTZ, Gerd, ELLERMANN, Angelika
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The invention relates to a scored tablet comprising Tapentadol or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof embedded in a prolonged release matrix material; wherein the scored tablet provides prolonged release of Tapentadol or the physiologically acceptable salt thereof; wherein the scored tablet has a site of mechanical weakness along which it can be manually broken into two separate halves preferably having essentially the same size, shape and weight; and wherein the in vitro release profile of the scored tablet essentially corresponds to the in vitro release profile of each of the two separate halves. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of such a scored tablet.