Patent ID: 10485759

Abstract:
Provided is a jelly for assisting in taking a drug that reduces a possibility of aspiration and makes it possible to deliver a drug efficiently to the digestive tract without remaining in the throat. Contained are a gelling agent including LM pectin, agar, and other thickening polysaccharide and a gelling promoter to gel and is taken mixed with the drug when taking the drug; LM pectin is contained 1-3 wt % relative to the jelly for assisting in taking the drug; the properties at 20±2° C. of a jelly produced by chopping the jelly for assisting in taking the drug are a hardness of 2000-6000 N/m2, adhesiveness of 200-500 J/m3, and cohesiveness of 0.2-0.6; and the water separation from the jelly 10 minutes after chopping the jelly for assisting in taking the drug is 3 wt % or less relative to the jelly for assisting in taking the drug.