Thickened gelatinous edible alcoholic medicated carrier
OwnerSol B. Wiczerinventor
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Abstract
Beverage alcoholic liquid is mixed as a carrier with compatible medicating substances to be taken orally, and the mixture is thickened to a heavy fluid or solid gel by addition of an edible gelating agent such as gelatin, low methoxy pectin, alkali pectate, carboxy methyl cellulose and methyl cellulose.
Claims9
In an oral medicating product having an alcohol containing base containing orally ingestible medicating substances compatibly ingestible in the said alcohol containing base, the improvement comprising
- a taste imparting beverage alcohol having an alcoholic proof strength in the range of about 25-120 as said alcoholic base,
- medicating substances homogeneously distributed in said beverage alcohol base in concentration to provide a medicating effect in small unit dosage quantities of said medicating product, said product being
- gelated with about 3 to 10% of a methyl cellulose gelating agent added by mixing at ambient temperatures to provide a substantially solid medicating gel.
In a process of forming an oral medicating product having an alcohol containing base and containing orally ingestible medicating substances, the improvement comprising the steps of
- adding said medicating substance to a strong taste imparting beverage alcohol in the range of 25-120 proof,
- adding as said medicating substance one which is compatibly ingestible with said strong beverage alcohol base in concentration therein to provide a medicating effect in small unit dosage quantities of said medicinal product, and
- adding to said alcohol composition about 3 to 10% of a methyl cellulose gelating agent and mixing by stirring said product to substantial homogeneity at about ambient temperature and set as a substantially solid gel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.