Film-shaped or wafer-shaped pharmaceutical preparation with masked taste
First Claim
1. A method for orally administering a film-shaped or wafer-shaped pharmaceutical mucoadhesive preparation the preparation being not capable of disintegrating in an aqueous medium, and the preparation containing at least one matrix-forming polymer comprising both at least one active substance having an unpleasant taste and at least one carbon dioxide forming substance which is not combined with an acid, wherein said unpleasant taste of said at least one active substance is reduced or suppressed, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing said pharmaceutical preparation which contains the at least one matrix-forming polymer comprising the at least one unpleasant taste active substance and the at least one carbon dioxide forming substance dissolved or dispersed therein, wherein said at least one carbon dioxide forming substance which is not combined with an acid;
applying said preparation to a surface of the oral mucosa of a human or animal organism; and
removing the preparation from the oral mucosa of a human or animal organism after the active substance has been released.
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Abstract
The invention relates to thin film-shaped or wafer-shaped pharmaceutical preparations for oral administration of active substances. The preparations contain at least one matrix-forming polymer which has at least one active substance and at least one carbon dioxide-forming substance dissolved or dispersed therein.
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1. A method for orally administering a film-shaped or wafer-shaped pharmaceutical mucoadhesive preparation the preparation being not capable of disintegrating in an aqueous medium, and the preparation containing at least one matrix-forming polymer comprising both at least one active substance having an unpleasant taste and at least one carbon dioxide forming substance which is not combined with an acid, wherein said unpleasant taste of said at least one active substance is reduced or suppressed, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing said pharmaceutical preparation which contains the at least one matrix-forming polymer comprising the at least one unpleasant taste active substance and the at least one carbon dioxide forming substance dissolved or dispersed therein, wherein said at least one carbon dioxide forming substance which is not combined with an acid; applying said preparation to a surface of the oral mucosa of a human or animal organism; and removing the preparation from the oral mucosa of a human or animal organism after the active substance has been released. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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