Patent ID: 7615235
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: A61K

Abstract:
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.