US Patent 8071130 Solid preparation

The present invention intends to provide a solid preparation which contains an insulin sensitizer and an active ingredient other than an insulin sensitizer, and exhibits dissolution behavior of an insulin sensitizer similar to that of an insulin sensitizer from “a solid preparation containing only an insulin sensitizer as an active ingredient”. The solid preparation comprises “a part containing coated particles in which the particles containing an insulin sensitizer are coated with lactose or a sugar alcohol” and “a part containing an active ingredient other than an insulin sensitizer”.