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American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, Vol 60, Issue 1, 75-77
Copyright © 2003 by American Society of Health-System Pharmacists


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Stability of tiagabine in two oral liquid vehicles

MC Nahata and RS Morosco


The stability of tiagabine hydrochloride in two extemporaneously prepared oral suspensions stored at 4 and 25 degrees C for three months was studied. Tiagabine is used for adjunctive therapy for the treatment of refractory partial seizures. It is currently available in a tablet dosage form, which cannot be used in young children who are unable to swallow and given doses in milligrams per kilogram of body weight. No stability data are available for tiagabine in any liquid dosage form. Five bottles contained tiagabine 1 mg/mL in 1% methylcellulose:Simple Syrup, NF (1:6), and another five bottles had tiagabine 1 mg/mL in Ora-Plus:Ora-Sweet (1:1). Three samples were collected from each bottle at 0, 7, 14, 28, 42, 56, 70, and 91 days and analyzed by a stability-indicating high-performance liquid chromatographic method (n = 15). At 4 degrees C, the mean concentration of tiagabine exceeded 95% of the original concentration for 91 days in both formulations. At 25 degrees C, the mean concentration of tiagabine exceeded 90% of the original concentration for 70 days in Ora-Plus:Ora-Sweet formulation and for 42 days in 1% methylcellulose:syrup formulation. No changes in pH or physical appearance were seen during this period. The stability data for two formulations would provide flexibility for compounding tiagabine. Tiagabine hydrochloride 1 mg/,mL in extemporaneously prepared liquid dosage forms and stored in plastic bottles remained stable for up to three months at 4 degrees C and six weeks at 25 degrees C.
 






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