CHEWABLE SILDENAFIL CITRATE TABLETS IN WHICH BITTERNESS IS MASKED, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for producing chewable tablets of sildenafil citrate, a therapeutic agent for erectile dysfunction, in which the bitterness of the sildenafil citrate is masked and which are easy to take, and the invention provides chewable sildenafil citrate tablets in which the bitterness is masked by the use of an ion-exchange resin having a carboxyl group. The chewable sildenafil citrate salt tablets produced in accordance with the present invention are outstanding in terms of rapidity of elution and concealment of bitterness, and are easy to take and can therefore be expected to be very useful when administered to patients.