Taste masked medicated pharmaceutical
AssigneeFuisz Pharmaceutical Ltd.
InventorRichard C. Fuisz
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Abstract
The addition of an extremely small quantity of an anesthetizing agent such as phenol to a medicament dosed saccharide floss serves to numb the taste buds sufficiently that undesirable taste stimulation by the medicament is inhibited.
Claims9
A pharmaceutic dosage unit comprising compacted spun fibers of a spinnable, readily water-soluble material, an effective amount of a medicament, and an effective amount of phenol other than said medicament and said material which when the dosage unit is taken orally, functions to inhibit undesirable taste stimulation by said medicament.
A product for consumption by introduction through the oral cavity where at least one of the ingredients of the product is noticeably unpalatable if introduced alone, said product comprising compacted spun fibers of a spinnable, readily water-soluble palatable material, a quantity of unpalatable ingredient, and an effective quantity of phenol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.