Patent ID: 7988999

Claim:
A pharmaceutical preparation in a water-based paste form with a viscosity between 1000 and 200000 mPa.s (determined with a rotational viscometer) for oral administration of an acid-labile active ingredient where a plurality of individual active ingredient units are dispersed in a water-based gel-like base composed of one or more pharmaceutical excipients, wherein the individual active ingredient units are microspheres, wherein the acid-labile active compound is the sole active ingredient and is selected from the group consisting of an acid-labile proton pump inhibitor, a salt of an acid-labile proton pump inhibitor with a base and a hydrate of a salt of an acid-labile proton pump inhibitor with a base, and is present in the individual active ingredient units in a matrix composed of a mixture comprising at least one solid paraffin and one or more substances from the group of fatty alcohol, triglyceride and fatty acid ester, and wherein an enteric coating is absent.