Pharmaceutical dosage form for application to mucous membranes and methods for producing same

A pharmaceutical dosage form for the application to a mucous membrane, comprising

• at least one preparation having an elongated shape and comprising an active pharmaceutical ingredient, wherein the preparation has a string-like, strip-like or sheet-like shape or is film-shaped, foil-shaped or wafer-shaped, and wherein the at least one preparation is capable of being arranged in a compact condition or in an expanded condition, and
• a capsule device comprising a hollow space for accommodating the at least one preparation being in the compact condition, the capsule device having an opening and a first end of the preparation extending, in the compact condition, through the opening for allowing pulling out the preparation from the hollow space into the surrounding area of the capsule device thereby transferring the preparation from the compact condition to the expanded condition,
• wherein the opening and the preparation being dimensioned such that, when the preparation is pulled out from the opening, a spacing is provided in an opening cross section of the opening between the preparation and a surface of the capsule device defining the opening,
• wherein the capsule device extends along a central length axis of the capsule device,
• wherein the opening is arranged such that a central point of the opening is offset from the central length axis,
• and wherein the opening is a slit-like opening configured for allowing a strip-like preparation to pass through the opening, the cross section of the opening being larger than the cross section of the strip-like preparation, when the latter is moving through the opening.