Extrudable elastic oral pharmaceutical gel compositions and metered dose dispensers containing them and method of making and method of use thereof

An extrudable elastic oral pharmaceutical gel composition being a solution and consisting essentially of by weight/volume from about 0.1% to about 50% of acetaminophen, from about 5% to about 40% of a mixture of propylene glycol, glycerin and polyethylene glycol having the structural formula H--(OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2).sub.n --OH wherein the polyethylene glycol is a mixture of the polyethylene glycol wherein n is 6 and the polyethylene glycol wherein n is 32, from about 5% to about 40% of a hexitol selected from the group consisting of sorbitol, mannitol and hydrogenated maltose syrup or a mixture thereof, from about 25% to about 85% of water, and from about 0.2% to about 5% of a seaweed polysaccharide selected from the group consisting of agar, algin, carrageenan and furcelleran or a mixture thereof.