Patent ID: 7887832

Claim:
An oral pharmaceutical composition consisting of: one or more active ingredients; a popping material; and an optional flavoring agent; said popping material consisting of a pharmaceutically acceptable material consisting of one or more cavities with thermodynamically stable pressurized gas being trapped in cavities thereof in a manner that allows its escape upon dissolution, contact with saliva or shattering of the popping material, wherein said gas being selected from carbon dioxide, nitrogen, air, helium, argon, and neon, said active ingredient is a prescription drug or a drug sold over the counter and wherein said active ingredient is selected from the group consisting of expectorant, analgesic, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, anti-hypertensive, anti-anginal, antiepileptic, anxiolytic, antipsychotic, anti-allergic, antidepressant, anti-histamine, hormone, steroid, hypolipidaemic and diuretic agents and said active ingredient is coated by a coating.