Patent ID: 6610673
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: A61K,Y10S

Abstract:
A swallowable, solid dose form composition for treating upper gastrointestinal tract distress comprising, by weight of the composition:(a) from about 2% to about 25% of carbonate or bicarbonate salt; (b) from about 0.5% to about 30% of disintegrating agent; (c) from about 30% to about 50% of bismuth subsalicylate; (d) from about 0.1% to about 3% of anionic or nonionic surfactant; and (e) from about 20% to about 40% of microcrystalline cellulose; wherein the composition is free of: 1) a gel-forming dietary fiber; and 2) an effervescent couple of a physiologically acceptable edible acid and a mineral salt which releases a physiologically acceptable gas upon ingestion.