Orally disintegrating tablets containing acarbose

摘要

It was an object of the present invention to provide an orally disintegrating tablet (ODT) for the glycosidase inhibitor acarbose. The object is achieved with an orally disintegrating tablet containing 1-30% acarbose and 40-90% water-soluble carrier. In order to obtain the desired properties, the ingredients have to be precompacted and to be premixed with an insoluble carrier.