Abstract: A colonic delivery solid preparation containing chitosan powder, which can control the dissolution of a medicament therefrom in the large intestine and release the medicament contained therein specifically in the large intestine, obtained by successively coating a medicament-containing solid material with (1) a water-insoluble polymer having a chitosan powder dispersed therein and (2) an enteric polymer; and a solid preparation containing chitosan powder, which can partly release a medicament in the stomach and, after passing through the small intestine, disintegrate at an accelerated rate in the large intestine and release a medicament in the large intestine, obtained by coating a medicament-containing solid material with a water-insoluble polymer having a chitosan powder dispersed therein.

Abstract: Method for producing intrabuccally disintegrating tablets, which comprises the following Steps (a), (b) and (c), wherein a medicament is mixed before granulation or tabletting: (a) a step of dissolving at least one saccharide having a high solubility in water and at least one water-soluble binder in water alone or in water and an alcohol; (b) a step of mixing the solution obtained in above Step (a) with at least one excipient, granulating, drying, and tabletting the mixture under a low compression pressure; (c) a step of aging the tablets obtained in Step (b), and intrabuccally disintegrating tablets produced by the above method are provided. The method of the present invention is a simple method for producing intrabuccally disintegrating tablets in large scale without using specific facility, and by which intrabuccally disintegrating tablets showing good disintegrating property in oral cavity as well as having sufficient strength can be obtained.