According to this invention, when the plural medicine content sections and, those it consists of with the connected section of one or more which has been adhered, the tablet, this inner connected section and the carpet course which possess one secant which can divide the whole tablet into the said connected section equality or the coating lock which possesses the medicine discharge control operation which differs, being the tablet which administers the coating of insolubility to the medicine content section which possesses the secant, as for the said medicine content section following to the secant, dividing, it takes, the tablet which designs to be structure or the constitution where the medicine is discharged substantially, furthermore the plural medicine content sections and, thoseThe connected section of one or more which it has adhered and it consists of, the tablet where as for two medicine content sections the constitution differs at least is offered. Furthermore, according to this invention, plural prismatic medicine composition layers of identical section being connected in axial direction of the pillar, it compresses forms prismatic ones which become, next axial direction of the pillar production method of the tablet which features that from the direction which differs it compresses forms is offered.本発明によれば、複数の薬物含有部と、それらと固着している一つ以上の連結部とからなり、該連結部に錠剤全体を分割することができる一つの割線を有する錠剤、このうち連結部および被覆層が同一または異なる薬物放出制御機能を有する被覆錠、割線を有する薬物含有部に不溶性の被覆を施した錠剤であって、該薬物含有部は割線に従って分割して服用すると薬物が実質的に放出される構造または組成になっている錠剤、さらには複数の薬物含有部と、それらと固着している一つ以上の連結部とからなり、少なくとも二つの薬物含有部はその組成が相違している錠剤が提供される。さらに、本発明によれば、同一断面の複数の柱状医薬組成物層が柱の軸方向に連なってなる柱状物を圧縮成型し、次に柱の軸方向とは異なる方向から圧縮成型することを特徴とする錠剤の製造方法が提供される。
