MODIFIED RELEASE TAMSULOSIN TABLETS AND UNIT DOSAGE FORMS CONTAINING THE SAME FOR THE TREATMENT OF BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA

摘要

The invention relates to a pharmaceutical tablet comprising a tablet matrix having dispersed therein 0.1 to 10 mg of tamsulosin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and optionally having an enteric coating over said matrix, wherein said tablet is a modified release tablet and has a dissolution profile such that in each of the media SIF, FaSSIF, and FeSSIF, said tablet releases not more than 60% of said tamsulosin at 2 hours elapsed time in USP 2 apparatus using 500 ml of said media at 50-100 rpm paddle speed, to a monolithic pharmaceutical tablet, comprising 0.1 to 10 mg of tamsulosin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, 10 wt% - 90 wt% hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, and a total tablet weight of 10 to 300 mg, to a unit dosage form for treating or ameliorating the conditions of benign prostatic hyperplasia comprising an effective amount of one or more tablets as mentioned above, and to a method for treating the symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia, which comprises administering to a patient in need thereof one or more tablets as mentioned above.