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Antacid chewing gum

  • US 4,971,787 A
  • Filed: 08/01/1989
  • Issued: 11/20/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/27/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A chewing gum composition containing a medicament, said gum composition providing improved delivery of said medicament and having a moisture content from zero to about 0.3% by weight of the final composition, comprising a gum base which softens in a temperature range of about 40°

  • C. to about 60°

    C., a water insoluble particulate medicament which has been spray dried with sugar, a flavoring agent, a softener and a sweetening agent, said chewing gum composition having an equilibrium relative humidity lower than the ambient relative humidity, said gum base being selected from the group consisting of isobutylene-isoprene copolymers, polyvinylacetate, polyisobutylene, polyvinylalcohol, chicle, jelutong, balata, crown, gutta-percha, lechi-caspi, sorva and mixtures thereof.

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