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Retrophin announced that the FDA has approved 100 mg and 300 mg tablets of Thiola EC, a new enteric-coated formulation of Thiola, to be used for the treatment of cystinuria, a rare inherited disorder that causes a buildup of cystine levels in the urine resulting in the formation of recurring cystine kidney stones.

Among the products that passed all tests, ConsumerLab selected its Top Picks for regular softgels, enteric-coated soft-gels, and liquids.

blacks and Hispanics, who have a higher risk of heart disease) to take either a daily enteric-coated aspirin (100 milligrams) or a placebo.

Therefore, there is a lack of clinical methods to simultaneously screen for gastric and small intestinal mucosal injury in patients taking enteric-coated aspirin.

In fact, there are no good data to show that enteric-coated aspirin reduces gastrointestinal bleeding risk; thus, there is no compelling reason to be using it in the first place, although perhaps it does help some patients tolerate aspirin with respect to dyspepsia.

Researchers gave 40 obese patients with diabetes three different types of aspirin in 325 mg doses: plain, modified-release (liquid aspirin-filled capsules) and delayed-release enteric-coated (the kind designed to protect your stomach).

According to the company, VIMOVO (naproxen/esomeprazole magnesium) is a fixed-dose combination of delayed-release enteric-coated naproxen, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), and immediate-release esomeprazole magnesium, a stomach acid-reducing proton pump inhibitor (PPI), approved for the relief of signs and symptoms of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis and to decrease the risk of developing gastric ulcers in patients at risk of developing NSAID-associated gastric ulcers.

The new pill has demonstrated its ability to survive stomach acids withthe protection of the enteric-coated capsule and deliver its payload to the small intestine.

You can buy an odorless, enteric-coated garlic supplement that is designed to reduce the risk of "garlic breath" and minimize stomach upset, but some people may be too sensitive to garlic to take it even in supplement form.

HONOLULU--A novel proprietary combination of aspirin and immediate-release omeprazole in a coordinated-delivery tablet resulted in markedly fewer gastroduodenal ulcers and treatment discontinuations than conventional enteric-coated aspirin in patients on antiplatelet therapy for secondary prevention of cerebrovascular events.

In a study of 400 healthy adults, measurements indicating the presence of what has been thought to be aspirin resistance were evident only with enteric-coated but not immediate-release aspirin, which the authors have described as aspirin "pseudoresistance."