Pharmaceutical gel product

A single-use sleep aid comprising:

• a disposable gel storage and delivery device comprising a collapsible chamber and a delivery portion, the delivery portion for delivering the gel from the collapsible chamber to a user’s mouth, the delivery portion having a severable section that is manually severable to permanently unseal the delivery portion;
• and
• a single dose of 10 grams to 50 grams of a gel having a viscosity of between 600 mPa·s and 1000 mPa·s at 25 degrees Celsius, the gel located within the collapsible chamber and the gel comprising:
• 0.046% to 0.32% by weight diphenhydramine hydrochloride sleep aid,
• 0.25% to 1.5% by weight of high methoxyl slow set pectin with a degree of methylation greater than 50%, the high methoxyl slow set pectin being a bioavailability enhancer and slow release agent for diphenhydramine,
• 0.25% to 1.25% by weight Prunus Cerasus containing melatonin precursor,
• 0.05% to 0.5% by weight citric acid pectin activator,
• 75% to 95% by weight honey,
• 0.5% to 2.5% by weight glycerin preservative, and
• 0.05% to 0.5% by weight ascorbic acid antioxidant and preservative;
• wherein the collapsible chamber is collapsible from an initial state having a first internal volume to a collapsed state having a second internal volume as the gel is delivered from the collapsible chamber to the user’s mouth through the delivery portion, the first internal volume being greater than the second internal volume.