Assessment of Taste and Grittiness of Riomet® ER Strawberry, Riomet® ER Grape, Riomet® Cherry, and Metformin Immediate-Release Tablets in Healthy Subjects
@article{Marshall2019AssessmentOT, title={Assessment of Taste and Grittiness of Riomet{\textregistered} ER Strawberry, Riomet{\textregistered} ER Grape, Riomet{\textregistered} Cherry, and Metformin Immediate-Release Tablets in Healthy Subjects}, author={Allyson C Marshall and Maureen Damstra and Michael R. Tuley and Elena L Schifando}, journal={Drugs in R\&D}, year={2019}, volume={19}, pages={57 - 66} }
ObjectiveThis study was conducted to evaluate the taste and grittiness of two formulations of Riomet® ER (metformin hydrochloride for extended release [ER] oral suspension 100 mg/mL) differing only in their flavoring agents (strawberry and grape) in comparison with two commercially available immediate-release (IR) formulations of metformin, Riomet® Cherry (metformin hydrochloride oral solution 500 mg/5 mL) and metformin IR tablets (metformin hydrochloride IR tablets 500 mg), in healthy human…
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