Background
Acetaminophen (Paracetamol), known as 4' -hydroxyacetanilide, has a molecular formula of C 8H9NO2, is an antipyretic analgesic, and is effective in relieving fever by inhibiting cyclooxygenase, selectively inhibiting synthesis of central prostaglandins of hypothalamic thermoregulation, and causing peripheral vasodilation and sweating.
In 1878, harmon Northrop Morse was the first synthesis of acetaminophen at john hopkins university. Acetaminophen is marketed both at home and abroad and has been marketed as a non-prescription drug for many years at home. The acetaminophen has the characteristics of rapid and complete oral absorption, small toxic and side effects, safe use and the like, and is the non-prescription antipyretic analgesic with the most widely used international application and the greatest dosage. The acetaminophen crystal belongs to brittle broken materials, has typical molar body compression characteristics, takes the shape of long needle crystals, has larger brittleness, weak plastic deformation capability, poor compressibility, easy occurrence of cracking or cover falling during tabletting, and the like, and influences the quality of products. And because the acetaminophen tablet has larger specification (0.5 g), if excessive auxiliary materials are used, the tablet weight and the volume are overlarge, so that a certain difficulty is caused to swallowing when a patient takes the medicine, the medicine compliance of the patient is reduced, and the treatment of diseases is not facilitated. However, the acetaminophen tablet generally requires that the acetaminophen content be more than 85%, the acetaminophen has poor compressibility and high content, the auxiliary material space is small, the acetaminophen is easy to hydrolyze in a high-humidity environment, the tablet weight of the acetaminophen tablet is reduced, and the preparation process of the acetaminophen tablet is a challenge.
A reference formulation for acetaminophen tablets (0.5 g) published by the national drug administration was a reference formulation for GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare company to produce and supply the global marketThe tablet core comprises acetaminophen, corn starch, pregelatinized starch, potassium sorbate, povidone, stearic acid and talcum powder.
Chinese patent document CN110496107A discloses a acetaminophen tablet and a preparation method thereof, wherein the acetaminophen tablet comprises, by weight, 1100-12500 parts of acetaminophen, 46-50 parts of povidone K30, 160-176 parts of purified water, 120-136 parts of pregelatinized starch, 9.1-9.9 parts of stearic acid and 2.9-3.5 parts of magnesium stearate as lubricants, and the preparation method uses stearic acid and magnesium stearate as lubricants, but the mixing time is 25min, and excessive mixing of magnesium stearate is caused due to excessive mixing time, so that the tablet splitting of the product is easy to cause, The dissolution rate is reduced, chinese patent document CN108853038A discloses a acetaminophen tablet and a preparation process thereof, which comprises the following steps of adding potassium sorbate into purified water to dissolve to prepare potassium sorbate solution, adding acetaminophen, pregelatinized starch, calcium carbonate, povidone K30 and crospovidone into a high-efficiency wet granulator to be premixed for 3min, adding potassium sorbate solution into the premixed powder to be continuously stirred for 2min to prepare wet granules, placing the wet granules into a boiling granulating dryer to be dried, controlling the drying temperature to be 90-100 ℃ and the water content to be 1-3%, preparing granules, finishing the dry granules to prepare 16-mesh granules, adding the granules into a mixer, adding alginic acid, mixing silicon dioxide and magnesium stearate in a closed way for 20min, and setting the rotating speed of a mixer to be 10 revolutions per minute; tabletting and sieving the mixed particles to obtain the granules; the prescription is complex, the types of auxiliary materials are more, the dosage is larger, the main medicine occupation ratio is relatively lower, the tablet is larger, the weight of each tablet reaches 669mg, certain inconvenience is brought to the medication of patients, and the medication compliance of the patients is reduced; chinese patent publication No. CN114129524A discloses a paracetamol tablet and a preparation method thereof, wherein the tablet contains paracetamol, a binder, a disintegrating agent and a lubricant, and the preparation method comprises the steps of adopting the dry mixing of the paracetamol raw material, the binder and part of the disintegrating agent, adding water for granulating, adding the rest of the disintegrating agent after drying, The lubricant is prepared by granulating, tabletting after total mixing, and the preparation process has the following problems: the acetaminophen crystal belongs to brittle broken materials, has typical molar body compression characteristics, takes the shape of long needle crystals, has larger brittleness, weak plastic deformation capability and poor compressibility, adopts dry mixing of acetaminophen raw materials, adhesives and partial disintegrating agents, and has the problems of low adhesive consumption, possibly mixing uniformity in the dry mixing step, and the adoption of a water adding granulation process can not necessarily completely induce the adhesive property of the adhesives, so that the problems of cracking or cover falling and the like are easily generated in the subsequent tabletting process, and the quality of products is influenced. Therefore, although the prior art can solve the problems of poor material compressibility and inconsistent quality with the original grinding preparation in the preparation process of the acetaminophen tablet, the prescription composition is complex, the preparation process is not suitable for industrial production, the main medicine is relatively low, the tablet is large to cause trouble to patients in swallowing, or the ethanol solvent is used to cause solvent residue and the like, or the surfactant which does not accord with the simulation drug consistency evaluation BE exempt range is used.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the problems existing in the prior art, the invention provides the acetaminophen tablet and the preparation method thereof, the prescription composition of the drug is simple, the types and the dosage of auxiliary materials are small, the main drug ratio is high, the tablet weight is small, the compliance of the patient in drug administration can be improved, the product quality is stable, the dissolution is complete, the quality is consistent with that of the original preparation, and the treatment effect of the acetaminophen tablet is ensured.
The invention provides a paracetamol tablet which comprises 86.88 parts by mass of paracetamol, 4.52 parts by mass of a binder, 2.90 parts by mass of a disintegrating agent, 5.21 parts by mass of a filling agent and 0.49 parts by mass of a lubricating agent.
Further, the adhesive is pregelatinized starch and povidone, and the weight ratio of the pregelatinized starch to povidone is 6:20.
Further, the disintegrating agent and the filler are pregelatinized starch.
Further, the lubricant is magnesium stearate.
The invention also provides a preparation method of the acetaminophen tablet, which comprises the following preparation steps:
S1, crushing acetaminophen;
s2, weighing acetaminophen and a filler for standby;
S3, drying the disintegrating agent for standby;
S4, uniformly stirring the adhesive and water to obtain mixed slurry for later use;
S5, adding the acetaminophen obtained in the step S2 and the filler into a wet granulator, stirring and mixing;
s6, adding the mixed slurry obtained in the step S4, stirring, and granulating to obtain wet granules;
S7, drying the wet particles;
s8, adding the disintegrating agent obtained in the step S3 into the dried granules, putting the granules into a mixer for total mixing, and adding a lubricant for total mixing;
And S9, tabletting the total mixed particles by a tablet press to obtain the acetaminophen tablet.
Further, the drying in the step S3 is to dry the disintegrating agent in a boiling granulator at 80-90 ℃ until the water content is 2-4%.
Further, the stirring in the step S4 is to weigh and stir the purified water and the pregelatinized starch uniformly to obtain pregelatinized starch slurry, to stir the purified water and the povidone uniformly to obtain povidone slurry, and to mix and stir the pregelatinized starch slurry and the povidone slurry uniformly to obtain mixed slurry.
Further, the granulating time in the step S6 is 30-60 seconds.
Further, the drying operation in the step S7 is to dry the granules to 1.8-2.8% of moisture at the inlet air temperature of 80 ℃.
Further, the total mixing time in the step S8 is 5min.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
1. The invention improves the prescription of the acetaminophen tablet, has simple prescription composition, less auxiliary materials and dosage, high main medicine occupation ratio and small tablet weight, can furthest reduce the management and inspection cost of the auxiliary materials, improves the compliance of the patient in medicine application, has stable product quality, is completely dissolved out, has the quality consistent with that of the original developer, does not contain a surfactant, and meets the requirement of evaluating BE exemption by imitating medicine consistency.
2. The preparation process of the acetaminophen tablet provided by the invention has the advantages of simple process, low production cost, safe production, no need of boiling water or organic solvent slurry preparation, high mechanical degree, suitability for industrial production and capability of solving the problem of poor compressibility of the acetaminophen tablet.
3. According to the invention, the conventional auxiliary materials are fully excavated, so that the pregelatinized starch plays four roles of a filler, an adhesive, a disintegrating agent and a stabilizer in the prescription, the water activity is reduced, and the pregelatinized starch dried to 2-4% of water content at 80-90 ℃ by a boiling granulator can re-adsorb trace water content remained in the acetaminophen tablet, so that the stabilizer plays a role and degradation is prevented.
4. The invention provides acetaminophen tablets and acetaminophen tablets (specification 0.5g, trade name)) Has the same in vitro dissolution behavior, the dissolution curve similarity factor f2 is more than 50, and the same therapeutic effect is achieved.
Detailed Description
The experimental methods of the present invention, in which specific conditions are not specified in the following examples, are generally conducted under conventional conditions or under conditions recommended by the manufacturer. The various common pharmaceutical excipients used in the examples are all commercial products.
Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention.
The present invention will be further described in detail with reference to the following embodiments, in order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent. It should be understood that the description is only illustrative and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. In addition, in the following description, descriptions of well-known structures and techniques are omitted so as not to unnecessarily obscure the present invention.
The invention is further illustrated by the following examples, which are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
EXAMPLE 1 paracetamol tablets of the invention and their preparation
The acetaminophen tablet formulations (1000 tablet dosage) of this example are shown in table 1 below:
TABLE 1 Paracetamol tablet recipe (1000 tablet dosage)
Component (A) |
Composition of the components |
Dosage of |
Content of |
Main medicine |
Acetaminophen |
500.0g |
86.88% |
Filler (B) |
Pregelatinized starch |
30.0g |
5.21% |
Disintegrating agent |
Pregelatinized starch |
16.7g |
2.90% |
Adhesive agent |
Pregelatinized starch |
6.0g |
1.04% |
Adhesive agent |
Povidone |
20.0g |
3.48% |
Lubricant |
Magnesium stearate |
2.8g |
0.49% |
The preparation method of the acetaminophen tablet comprises the following steps:
S1, crushing acetaminophen;
s2, weighing 500.0g of acetaminophen and 30.0g of pregelatinized starch for later use;
s3, placing 16.7g of pregelatinized starch into a boiling granulator, and drying at 80 ℃ until the water content is 4% for later use;
S4, weighing 54.0g of purified water, adding 6.0g of pregelatinized starch, and uniformly stirring to obtain pregelatinized starch slurry, taking 60.0g of purified water, adding 20.0g of povidone, and uniformly stirring to obtain povidone slurry, mixing the pregelatinized starch slurry and the povidone slurry uniformly to obtain 140.0g of mixed slurry for later use;
S5, adding the acetaminophen and the pregelatinized starch obtained in the step S2 into a wet granulator to stir at 180rpm and cut at 1800rpm, and mixing for 10min;
s6, adding the mixed slurry obtained in the step S4, stirring at 180rpm, cutting at 1800rpm, and granulating for 30 seconds to obtain wet granules;
S7, placing the wet granules in a boiling granulator, and drying the wet granules at an air inlet temperature of 80 ℃ until the moisture of the granules is 1.8%;
s8, adding the pregelatinized starch obtained in the step S3 into the dried particles, putting the mixture into a mixer and mixing for 5min, and adding 2.8g of magnesium stearate and mixing for 5min;
s9, tabletting the total mixed particles by a tabletting machine to obtain the acetaminophen tablet, wherein the tablet weight is 575.5mg.
EXAMPLE 2 paracetamol tablets of the invention and their preparation
The prescription of the paracetamol tablets (1 million tablet dosage) of this example is shown in table 2 below:
Table 2, prescription of Paracetamol tablet (1 ten thousand tablet dosage)
Component (A) |
Composition of the components |
Dosage of |
Content of |
Main medicine |
Acetaminophen |
5.00kg |
86.88% |
Filler (B) |
Pregelatinized starch |
0.3kg |
5.21% |
Adhesive agent |
Pregelatinized starch |
0.06kg |
1.04% |
Disintegrating agent |
Pregelatinized starch |
0.167kg |
2.90% |
Adhesive agent |
Povidone |
0.2kg |
3.48% |
Lubricant |
Magnesium stearate |
0.028kg |
0.49% |
The preparation method of the acetaminophen tablet comprises the following steps:
S1, crushing acetaminophen;
S2, weighing 5kg of acetaminophen and 0.3kg of pregelatinized starch for later use;
S3, placing 0.167kg of pregelatinized starch into a boiling granulator, and drying at 85 ℃ until the water content is 3% for later use;
S4, weighing 0.54kg of purified water, adding 0.06kg of pregelatinized starch, and uniformly stirring to obtain pregelatinized starch slurry, taking 0.6kg of purified water, adding 0.2kg of povidone, and uniformly stirring to obtain povidone slurry, mixing the pregelatinized starch slurry and the povidone slurry uniformly to obtain mixed slurry of 1.4kg for later use;
s5, adding the acetaminophen and the pregelatinized starch obtained in the step S2 into a wet granulator, stirring at 180rpm, cutting at 1800rpm, and mixing for 10min;
S6, adding 1.400kg of the mixed slurry obtained in the step S4, stirring at 180rpm, cutting at 1800rpm, and granulating for 45 seconds to obtain wet granules;
S7, placing the wet granules in a boiling granulator, and drying the wet granules at an air inlet temperature of 80 ℃ until the moisture of the granules is 2.3%;
s8, adding the dried particles into the pregelatinized starch obtained in the step S3, putting the pregelatinized starch into a mixer, mixing for 5min, and adding 0.028kg of magnesium stearate, mixing for 5min;
s9, tabletting the total mixed granules by a tablet press to obtain the acetaminophen tablet, wherein the tablet weight is 575.5mg.
EXAMPLE 3 paracetamol tablets of the invention and their preparation
The prescription of the paracetamol tablets (10 ten thousand tablet dosage) of this example is shown in table 3 below:
Table 3, prescription of Paracetamol tablet (10 ten thousand tablet dosage)
Component (A) |
Composition of the components |
Dosage of |
Content of |
Main medicine |
Acetaminophen |
50.00kg |
86.88% |
Filler (B) |
Pregelatinized starch |
3.00kg |
5.21% |
Adhesive agent |
Pregelatinized starch |
0.60kg |
1.04% |
Disintegrating agent |
Pregelatinized starch |
1.67kg |
2.90% |
Adhesive agent |
Povidone |
2.00kg |
3.48% |
Lubricant |
Magnesium stearate |
0.28kg |
0.49% |
The preparation method of the acetaminophen tablet comprises the following steps:
S1, crushing acetaminophen;
S2, weighing 50.00kg of acetaminophen and 3.00kg of pregelatinized starch for later use;
S3, placing 1.67kg of pregelatinized starch in a boiling granulator, and drying at 90 ℃ until the water content is 2% for later use;
S4, weighing 5.40kg of purified water, adding 0.60kg of pregelatinized starch, and uniformly stirring to obtain pregelatinized starch slurry, taking 6.00kg of purified water, adding 2.00kg of povidone, and uniformly stirring to obtain povidone slurry, mixing the pregelatinized starch slurry and the povidone slurry uniformly to obtain mixed slurry of 14.00kg for later use;
s5, adding the acetaminophen and the pregelatinized starch obtained in the step S2 into a wet granulator, stirring at 180rpm, cutting at 1800rpm, and mixing for 10min;
s6, adding 14.00kg of the mixed slurry obtained in the step S4, stirring at 180rpm, cutting at 1800rpm, and granulating for 60 seconds to obtain wet granules;
s7, placing the wet granules in a boiling granulator, and drying the wet granules at an air inlet temperature of 80 ℃ until the moisture of the granules is 2.8%;
S8, adding the dried particles into the pregelatinized starch obtained in the step S3, putting the pregelatinized starch into a mixer, mixing for 5min, and adding 0.28kg of magnesium stearate, mixing for 5min;
s9, tabletting the total mixed granules by a tablet press to obtain the acetaminophen tablet, wherein the tablet weight is 575.5mg.
Comparative example 1
The only difference between this comparative example and example 1 is that the disintegrant was not subjected to drying operation, i.e. the preparation process of the paracetamol tablet was:
S1, crushing acetaminophen;
S2, weighing 50.00kg of acetaminophen and 3.00kg of pregelatinized starch for later use;
S3, weighing 5.40kg of purified water, adding 0.60kg of pregelatinized starch, and uniformly stirring to obtain pregelatinized starch slurry, taking 6.00kg of purified water, adding 2.00kg of povidone, and uniformly stirring to obtain povidone slurry, mixing the pregelatinized starch slurry and the povidone slurry uniformly to obtain mixed slurry of 14.00kg for later use;
s4, adding the acetaminophen and the pregelatinized starch obtained in the step S2 into a wet granulator, stirring at 180rpm, cutting at 1800rpm, and mixing for 10min;
s5, adding 14.00kg of the mixed slurry obtained in the step S3, stirring at 180rpm, cutting at 1800rpm, and granulating for 30 seconds to obtain wet granules;
S6, placing the wet granules in a boiling granulator, and drying the wet granules at an air inlet temperature of 80 ℃ until the moisture of the granules is 1.8%;
s7, adding 1.67kg of pregelatinized starch into the dried particles, putting the mixture into a mixer for total mixing for 5min, and adding 0.28kg of magnesium stearate for total mixing for 5min;
S8, tabletting the total mixed granules by a tablet press to obtain the acetaminophen tablet, wherein the tablet weight is 575.5mg.
Comparative example 2
The only difference between the comparative example and the example 1 is that the step S4 in the preparation process is changed, the adhesive pregelatinized starch and povidone are not mixed together after being uniformly stirred with water respectively, but are directly mixed with water, namely, the step S4 is to weigh 114.0g of purified water, add 6.0g of pregelatinized starch and 20.0g of povidone, and uniformly stir to obtain 140.0g of mixed pulp for standby.
Comparative example 3
Act GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, product of raw grinding agent paracetamol tablet with specification of 0.5g and trade name
Test example 1 dissolution investigation of acetaminophen tablet
1. Test samples p-acetaminophen tablets prepared in examples 1-3 and comparative examples 1-3;
2. Test method comprises detecting according to the first method of four general rules 0931 of Chinese pharmacopoeia of 2020 edition, wherein the dissolution medium is diluted hydrochloric acid solution (precise measurement of diluted hydrochloric acid 24mL and water to 1000 mL), and measuring the dissolution rates of acetaminophen tablets prepared in examples 1-3 and comparative examples 1-3 at 5min, 10min, 15min and 30 min;
3. the test results are shown in Table 4 below;
TABLE 4 dissolution values of Paracetamol tablets
As is clear from Table 4, the acetaminophen tablets prepared in examples 1-3 of the present invention were compared with the original grinding agent acetaminophen tablet (specification 0.5g, trade name) Has the same in-vitro dissolution behavior, the dissolution rate is more than 85% in 15min, and the acetaminophen tablet is a quick release preparation, the dissolution rate is more than 85% in 15min because the acetaminophen tablet is a imitative drug consistency evaluation BE exemption variety, the comparative dissolution profile similarity factor f2 is not required to demonstrate that the acetaminophen tablets prepared in examples 1-3 of the present invention have the same therapeutic effect as the acetaminophen tablet of the original drug manufactured by company GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare of comparative example 3. In comparative example 1, however, the dissolution rate was slow because the disintegrating agent was not dried in a boiling granulator at 80 to 90 ℃ until the water content was 2 to 4%, because the disintegrating ability of pregelatinized starch after drying was greatly enhanced, the dissolution rate of the preparation was improved, and the disintegrating ability of pregelatinized starch without drying in comparative example 1 was weak, and the dissolution rate was slow. In comparative example 2, the step S4 in the preparation process is changed, and the binder pregelatinized starch and povidone are not mixed with water after being uniformly stirred respectively, but are directly mixed with water, and although the dissolution rate of the prepared acetaminophen tablet is basically unchanged, the binder is difficult to dissolve and disperse completely by the method, so that the tablet is easy to generate 'splinter' during tabletting.
Test example 2 examination of the compression yield of acetaminophen tablets
1. Test samples p-acetaminophen tablets prepared in examples 1-3 and comparative examples 1-2;
2. The test method comprises calculating the qualification rate of the batch-produced tabletting according to the ratio of the qualified product output and the material receiving amount of the product;
3. Judging the standard that the surface is smooth, no splinter and loose is regarded as qualified;
4. test results:
TABLE 5 tabletting yield of paracetamol tablets
As is clear from Table 5, the paracetamol tablets prepared in examples 1-3 of the invention have smooth surfaces, no cracking and loosening phenomena, the tablet compression qualification rate reaches 100%, and the method for preparing the paracetamol tablets solves the problem of poor compressibility of the paracetamol tablets, has the advantages of simple process, low production cost, safe production and high degree of mechanization, is suitable for industrial production, and the tablet compression qualification rate of comparative example 1 also reaches 100%, but the dissolution rate is slow, because the disintegrating agent of comparative example 1 is not placed in a boiling granulator for drying at 80-90 ℃ until the water content is 2-4%, the pregelatinized starch without drying treatment has weaker disintegrating capability, which can lead to slow dissolution of the preparation, and the tablet compression qualification rate of the paracetamol tablets prepared in comparative example 2 is only 94.2%, because the preparation process of comparative example 2 is changed, the stability of the paracetamol tablets is affected, and the compressibility of the paracetamol tablets is poor.
Test example 3 stability investigation of acetaminophen tablet
1. Test samples p-acetaminophen tablets prepared in examples 1-3 and comparative examples 1-2;
2. The test method comprises placing in a stability test box at 40deg.C and 70%, taking out for 0 day, 1 month, 3 months and 6 months respectively, and measuring in vitro dissolution;
3. test results:
TABLE 6 stability investigation data for paracetamol tablets
Group of |
Day 0 |
1 Month |
3 Months of |
6 Months of |
Example 1 |
100.2% |
99.6% |
99.7% |
99.8% |
Example 2 |
99.9% |
99.7% |
99.8% |
99.7% |
Example 3 |
99.7% |
99.4% |
99.6% |
99.5% |
Comparative example 1 |
90.4% |
86.2% |
84.2% |
81.4% |
Comparative example 2 |
99.3% |
99.2% |
99.1% |
99.0% |
As is clear from Table 6, the in vitro dissolution rates of the acetaminophen tablets prepared in examples 1-3 after being subjected to a high temperature and humidity environment of 40 ℃ and 70% for 1 month, 3 months and 6 months are all higher than those of the acetaminophen tablets prepared in comparative examples 1-3, and the in vitro dissolution rates of the acetaminophen tablets prepared in comparative example 1 are not significantly changed for 1 month, 3 months and 6 months, whereas the decrease trend of the in vitro dissolution rates of the acetaminophen tablets prepared in comparative example 1 is significant, because the disintegrant pregelatinized starch of comparative example 1 is not subjected to the operation of drying to water of 2-4% at 80-90 ℃ in a boiling granulator, and the pregelatinized starch after the drying operation has the effect of accelerating the disintegration rate of the acetaminophen tablets and improving the dissolution rates when used as a disintegrant, and the in vitro dissolution rate of comparative example 2 is not significantly decreased but the qualification rate of tabletting is lower.
The above examples illustrate only a few embodiments of the invention, which are described in detail and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, which are all within the scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of protection of the present invention is to be determined by the appended claims.