GASTRIC RETENTION SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE COMPRISING COMPRESSIBLE ELEMENTS WHICH EXPAND ON CONTACT WITH GASTRIC FLUID

摘要

An oral drug delivery system having delayed gastrointestinal transit comprising a non-continuous compressible element and an attached controlled release device and which in the expanded form resists gastrointestinal transit; and a modular system for use therein comprising a non-continuous compressible element and an attached receptacle means for receiving and holding a drug-containing orally administrable controlled release device and which in the expanded form resists gastric transit.