RESUMO
<p><b>AIM</b>To prepare nifedipine (NP) rapid release mini-tablet, sustained release mini-tablets, pulsed release mini-tablets and delayed-onset sustained release mini-tablets and develop multiplied pulsed drug delivery system (DDS), site-specific DDS, zero-order DDS and quick/slow DDS by various ways.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Velocity-time (v-t) equation of each mini-tablet was deduced by non-linear least square model fit. The difference of combinations in v-t profiles between theoretical value and test value was compared.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>According to the v-t equations, the combined release behaviors were observed directly from v-t profiles and the test values coincided with the theoretical profiles.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The programmed DDS, which consist of a variety of mini-tablets with different dosages and combinations in capsules, could be predicted by summing up the v-t equation of each tablet.</p>