NASSES GRANULATIONSVERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON PHARMAZEUTISCHEN TABLETTEN MIT PAROXETINHYDROCHLORID ANHYDRAT

Pharmaceutical tablets containing crystalline paroxetine hydrochloride anhydrate are prepared using a process comprising an initial wet granulation process in which an aqueous granulation liquid is added to a mixture of said anhydrate an excipients under high-shear conditions and the thus obtained wet granules are dried using a fluidized bed technique to obtain a water activity within a specified range, after which the dried granules after addition of further adjuvants are compressed into stable tablets each having an identical composition.