A Relative Bioavailability Study of Acetaminophen 650 mg Extended Release Gelcaps Under Fasting Condition

Inclusion Criteria: * Were in the age range of 18-45 years. * Were neither overweight nor underweight for his height as per the Life Insurance Corporation of India height/weight chart for non-medical cases. * Had voluntarily given written informed consent to participate in this study. * Were of normal health as determined by medical history and physical examination of the subjects performed within 21 days prior to the commencement of the study. There were no deviations in this regard. Exclusion Criteria: * History of hypersensitivity to acetaminophen or other related drugs. * History of skin rashes, thrombocytopenia, urticaria or angioedema. * History of peptic ulcer disease. * Recent history of nausea and vomiting * Any evidence of organ dysfunction or any clinically significant deviation from the normal, in physical or clinical determinations. * Presence of disease markers of HIV 1 or 2, Hepatitis B or C viruses or syphilis infection. * Presence of values which were significantly different from normal reference ranges and/or judged clinically significant for haemoglobin, total white blood cells count, differential WBC count or platelet count. * Positive for urinary screen testing of drugs of abuse (opiates or cannabinoids) * Presence of values, which were significantly different from normal reference ranges and/or judged clinically significant for serum creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST), serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT), serum alkaline phosphatase, serum bilirubin, plasma glucose or serum cholesterol. * Clinically abnormal chemical and microscopic examination of urine defined as presence of RBC, WBC (\>4/HPF), epithelial cells (\>4/HPF), glucose (positive) or protein (positive). * Clinically abnormal ECG or Chest X-ray. * History of serious gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological or haematological disease, diabetes or glaucoma. * History of any psychiatric illness, which might impair the ability to provide written informed consent. * Regular smokers who smoked more than 10 cigarettes daily or have difficulty abstaining from smoking for the duration of each study period. * History of drug dependence or excessive alcohol intake on a habitual basis of more than 2 units of alcoholic beverages per day (1 unit equivalent to half pint of beer or 1 glass of wine or 1 measure of spirit) or had difficulty in abstaining for the duration of each study period. * Had used of any enzyme modifying drugs within 30 days prior to Day 1 of this study. * Participated in any clinical trial within 12 weeks preceding Day 1 of this study. * Subjects who, through completion of this study, would had donated and/or lost more than 350 mL of blood in the past 3 months. There was no deviation in this regard.