Title:
GEL PREPARATIONS FOR ORAL ADMINISTRATION HAVING IMPROVED PRESERVATION PROPERTIES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2001/066083
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Gel preparations for oral administration, which contain carrageen, a sugar alcohol and sorbic acid and have a pH value of from 4 to 9, show a sufficient preservation properties without any deterioration in the advantages of the conventional gel preparations (i.e., excellent administration properties, easiness in improving taste, molding properties into arbitrary shapes, portability without resort to water, etc.). Owing to these characteristics, these gel preparations are useful particularly for patients with poor deglutition (aged persons, infants, those with serious diseases, etc.), patients unwilling to take drugs (infants, etc.), patients being hardly able to take drugs together with water because of being out frequently, etc.
Inventors:
NAKAMURA TOHRU (JP)
UEHARA CHIE (JP)
OBATA KIYOTAKA (JP)
ARAI KAZUMI (JP)
UEHARA CHIE (JP)
OBATA KIYOTAKA (JP)
ARAI KAZUMI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2001/001802
Publication Date:
September 13, 2001
Filing Date:
March 08, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD (JP)
NAKAMURA TOHRU (JP)
UEHARA CHIE (JP)
OBATA KIYOTAKA (JP)
ARAI KAZUMI (JP)
NAKAMURA TOHRU (JP)
UEHARA CHIE (JP)
OBATA KIYOTAKA (JP)
ARAI KAZUMI (JP)
International Classes:
A61K9/00; (IPC1-7): A61K9/00; A61K47/36; A61K47/10; A61K47/12
Foreign References:
| JPH1192402A | 1999-04-06 | |||
| JPH11322606A | 1999-11-24 | |||
| JPH10236983A | 1998-09-08 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kitagawa, Tomizo (LTD. Patent Division 24-1 Takata 3-chome Toshima-ku, Tokyo, JP)
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