Good-tasting gritty drug formulations
US5102664A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 19, 1989 |
| Grant date | Apr 7, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 19, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61K9/0056
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The application discloses a good-tasting and palatable gritty drug formulation, wherein the grittiness is associated as a part of a pleasurable organoleptic sensation, which contains a gritty and optionally bad-tasting or odoriferous drug and a seedy fibrous fruit, and optionally an aqueous medium and a gelling agent, and preferably also a sweetener and a flavoring agent, wherein the gritty drug is representatively an antihypercholesterolemic drug, especially a bile acid sequestrant, and particularly cholestyramine, a method for the preparation thereof, and a method of converting a gritty drug into a more readily-acceptable formulation which assists with patient compliance.
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