Combination and method including a visual marker for determining compliance with a medication regimen
AssigneePediaMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
InventorGilbert Gonzales
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Abstract
A method and combination including a visual marker for monitoring a patient to determine compliance with a medication regimen. An orally administrable medication composition is provided in combination with a visual marker. When the combination is orally ingested, the marker causes a coloration or discoloration of the oral and/or pharyngeal cavity of a subject. By visually observing the oral and/or pharyngeal cavity of the subject, one can determine whether medication has been ingested based upon the presence or absence of the coloration/discoloration.
Claims27
A method of monitoring the compliance of a patient in following a medication regimen, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing in combination an orally administrable composition, which is part of a medication regimen, and at least one marker, said at least one marker being present in said combination in a form and sufficient amount to cause a contact coloration of at least a portion of a mucous membrane or buccal membrane of the oral and/or pharyngeal cavity of a patient following oral ingestion of said combination by said patient, the half-life of said at least one marker being comparable to the half-life of said composition;
- visually observing the oral and/or pharyngeal cavity of said patient;
- and
- determining the presence or absence of said contact coloration for determining whether said patient has ingested said combination in compliance with the medication regimen.
In combination:
- an orally administrable composition;
- and
- at least one marker, said marker being present in said combination in a sufficient amount and form to cause a contact coloration of at least a portion of a mucous membrane or buccal membrane of the oral and/or pharyngeal cavity of a patient following ingestion of said combination by said patient, the half-life of said marker being comparable to the half-life of said composition;
- said contact coloration of the oral and/or pharyngeal cavity being visually observable for determining whether said patient has ingested said combination in compliance with a medication regimen.
In combination:
- an orally administrable composition;
- and
- at least one marker, said marker being present in said combination in a sufficient amount and form to cause a contact coloration directly on at least a portion of a mucous membrane or buccal membrane of the oral and/or pharyngeal cavity of a patient following ingestion of said combination by said patient;
- said contact coloration directly on the oral and/or pharyngeal cavity being visually observable for determining whether said patient has ingested said combination in compliance with a medication regimen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.