Patent ID: 7429619

Claim:
A pharmaceutical dosage form comprised of: a) a core having a surface; and b) a film forming composition covering at least a portion of the surface, said film forming composition comprised of, based upon the total dry solids weight of the composition: a) from about 10 percent to about 70 percent of a film former comprised of a polymer or copolymer comprised of repeat units selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, ethyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, trimethylammonioethyl methacrylate chloride, and methacylic acid, or a mixture of such polymer or copolymer; b) from about 2 percent to about 20 percent of a primary plasticizer which is a paraben; and c) from about 1 percent to about 50 percent of a secondary plasticizer selected from the group consisting of polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyethylene glycol 300, polyethylene glycol 400, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and mixtures thereof; wherein the composition possesses a surface gloss of at least 150 when applied via dip coating to the surface of the core.