Formulation and in vitro characterisation of milnacipran hydrochloride orodispersible tablets

Abstract

Present study is aimed  at the development of oral dispersible tablets of Milnacipran Hydrochloride using natural superdisintegrants. Indion 414, Polyplasdone XL 10, Primogel for the preparation of oraldispersible tablets by direct compression method. The blends were evaluated for the pre-compression parameters and all the formulations were found to possess good flow properties. Tablets were compressed by direct compression technique, evaluated for weight variation, hardness, thickness, friability, water absorption, disintegration time, dispersion time drug content and dissolution studies. The drug release profiles of the three superdisintegrants were compared. The optimized formulation F2 was showed good  results disintegrated in 3.15 min with  98.89 % drug release.