Taste masking study of cocoa butter fast melt tablet (FMT) formulations containing memantine hydrochloride

Fast Melt Tablet (FMT) is a newer type of orally disintegrating tablet using the advantage of cocoa butter that melts at body temperature to achieve fast melting effect when the tablet is placed in oral cavity. However, oral disintegrating dosage form must have good palatability so that patients can...

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Main Authors: Liew, Kai Bin, Chew, Yik Ling, Helal Uddin, A.B.M., Lee, Siew-Keah, Lakshminarayanan, Vijayakumar, Janakiraman, Ashok Kumar, Khalid, Syed Haroon, Ramanunny, Arya Kadukkattil, Xia, Yang
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Published: International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding, Inc. 2024
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spelling my.iium.irep.1163682024-12-05T03:29:28Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/116368/ Taste masking study of cocoa butter fast melt tablet (FMT) formulations containing memantine hydrochloride Liew, Kai Bin Chew, Yik Ling Helal Uddin, A.B.M. Lee, Siew-Keah Lakshminarayanan, Vijayakumar Janakiraman, Ashok Kumar Khalid, Syed Haroon Ramanunny, Arya Kadukkattil Xia, Yang QD Chemistry RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology RS Pharmacy and materia medica RS403 Materia Medica-Pharmaceutical Chemistry Fast Melt Tablet (FMT) is a newer type of orally disintegrating tablet using the advantage of cocoa butter that melts at body temperature to achieve fast melting effect when the tablet is placed in oral cavity. However, oral disintegrating dosage form must have good palatability so that patients can accept it. The objective of this study is to taste mask a previously developed FMT containing memantine hydrochloride using artificial sweetener namely aspartame and acesulfame K and conduct a palatability study. Six formulations were developed and each sweetener was used at three level (10mg, 20mg and 30mg) to taste mask memantine hydrochloride in FMT. Formulation T7 was selected as the best taste masked formulation. Aspartame 30mg is sufficient to cover the bitter taste of memantine hydrochloride. A taste masked memantine hydrochloride FMT containing 30mg of aspartame was successfully developed. This formulation has hardness of 17.31 (0.18) Newton, 0.51 (0.02) g weight, 6.18 (0.42) mm thickness and in-vitro melting time of 31.16 (1.23) seconds. This novel dosage form has the potential to be commercialized as a patient friendly dosage form to treat Alzheimer’s disease. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding, Inc. 2024-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/116368/7/116368_Taste%20masking%20study%20of%20cocoa%20butter%20fast%20melt%20tablet.pdf Liew, Kai Bin and Chew, Yik Ling and Helal Uddin, A.B.M. and Lee, Siew-Keah and Lakshminarayanan, Vijayakumar and Janakiraman, Ashok Kumar and Khalid, Syed Haroon and Ramanunny, Arya Kadukkattil and Xia, Yang (2024) Taste masking study of cocoa butter fast melt tablet (FMT) formulations containing memantine hydrochloride. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding, 28 (6). pp. 502-508. ISSN 1092-4221 https://ijpc.com/Abstracts/Abstract.cfm?ABS=5407
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topic QD Chemistry
RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
RS Pharmacy and materia medica
RS403 Materia Medica-Pharmaceutical Chemistry
spellingShingle QD Chemistry
RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
RS Pharmacy and materia medica
RS403 Materia Medica-Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Liew, Kai Bin
Chew, Yik Ling
Helal Uddin, A.B.M.
Lee, Siew-Keah
Lakshminarayanan, Vijayakumar
Janakiraman, Ashok Kumar
Khalid, Syed Haroon
Ramanunny, Arya Kadukkattil
Xia, Yang
Taste masking study of cocoa butter fast melt tablet (FMT) formulations containing memantine hydrochloride
description Fast Melt Tablet (FMT) is a newer type of orally disintegrating tablet using the advantage of cocoa butter that melts at body temperature to achieve fast melting effect when the tablet is placed in oral cavity. However, oral disintegrating dosage form must have good palatability so that patients can accept it. The objective of this study is to taste mask a previously developed FMT containing memantine hydrochloride using artificial sweetener namely aspartame and acesulfame K and conduct a palatability study. Six formulations were developed and each sweetener was used at three level (10mg, 20mg and 30mg) to taste mask memantine hydrochloride in FMT. Formulation T7 was selected as the best taste masked formulation. Aspartame 30mg is sufficient to cover the bitter taste of memantine hydrochloride. A taste masked memantine hydrochloride FMT containing 30mg of aspartame was successfully developed. This formulation has hardness of 17.31 (0.18) Newton, 0.51 (0.02) g weight, 6.18 (0.42) mm thickness and in-vitro melting time of 31.16 (1.23) seconds. This novel dosage form has the potential to be commercialized as a patient friendly dosage form to treat Alzheimer’s disease.
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author Liew, Kai Bin
Chew, Yik Ling
Helal Uddin, A.B.M.
Lee, Siew-Keah
Lakshminarayanan, Vijayakumar
Janakiraman, Ashok Kumar
Khalid, Syed Haroon
Ramanunny, Arya Kadukkattil
Xia, Yang
author_facet Liew, Kai Bin
Chew, Yik Ling
Helal Uddin, A.B.M.
Lee, Siew-Keah
Lakshminarayanan, Vijayakumar
Janakiraman, Ashok Kumar
Khalid, Syed Haroon
Ramanunny, Arya Kadukkattil
Xia, Yang
author_sort Liew, Kai Bin
title Taste masking study of cocoa butter fast melt tablet (FMT) formulations containing memantine hydrochloride
title_short Taste masking study of cocoa butter fast melt tablet (FMT) formulations containing memantine hydrochloride
title_full Taste masking study of cocoa butter fast melt tablet (FMT) formulations containing memantine hydrochloride
title_fullStr Taste masking study of cocoa butter fast melt tablet (FMT) formulations containing memantine hydrochloride
title_full_unstemmed Taste masking study of cocoa butter fast melt tablet (FMT) formulations containing memantine hydrochloride
title_sort taste masking study of cocoa butter fast melt tablet (fmt) formulations containing memantine hydrochloride
publisher International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding, Inc.
publishDate 2024
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/116368/7/116368_Taste%20masking%20study%20of%20cocoa%20butter%20fast%20melt%20tablet.pdf
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