Patent ID: 9352044
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: A61K,A61P

Claim Text:
1. A method for cleansing the gastrointestinal tract of a patient in need of an endoscopy, a gastrointestinal tract surgery or a barium enema, the method comprising the steps of: (a) determining the pH of a gastrointestinal tract preparation composition which has a salty taste, wherein the pH ranges from about 1 to about 6.9 or is adjusted to range from about 1 to about 6.9; (b) providing a taste-modifying substance to the patient; and (c) reducing the salty taste of the gastrointestinal tract preparation composition by at least 20% compared to the salty taste of the gastrointestinal tract preparation composition had the taste-modifying substance not been provided, by administering orally the gastrointestinal tract preparation composition to the patient after step (b).