Pharmaceutical preparation and method for the administration of this pharmaceutical preparation

Abstract

Abstract The pharmaceutical preparation contains nifedipine as active agent and is conditioned as an aerosol by using a propelling gas or a spray. When using propelling gases, the preparation contains preferably from 2 to 5 % by weight of nifedipine, 25 to 40% by weight of polyethylene-glycol, 40 to 25% by weight of ethanol and 30 to 40% by weight, preferably 35% by weight of the propulsion agent, whereas in case of a spray, the preparation appropriately contains 19 mg of nifedipine, 70 to 100 mg of polyethylene-glycol, particularly a mixture of polyethylene-glycol 600 and polyethylene-glycol 400 in a ratio from 5:4 to 4:5, 30 to 40 mg of ethanol, 5 to 20 mg of water and optionally 2 to 5 mg of saccharine and 1 to 3 mg of flavouring agent like peppermint oil.

Inventors

• 👤 Walter Burghart

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