Methods for making and administering a blinded oral dosage form and blinded oral dosage form therefor
OwnerManley A. Paulosinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for making and administering a blinded oral dosage form and the blinded oral dosage form therefor, used for disguising the identity of tableted medications. The method includes making a blinded oral dosage form by placing a tableted medication within a capsule have a diameter greater than its height. The blinded oral dosage form is the combination of the above-described capsule and the tableted medication.
Claims5
A method for blinding a tableted medication comprising placing said tableted medication within a cylindrical, ingestible capsule effective for administering a tableted medication having interlocking cylindrical body and cap portions, said body portion comprising an open end and an oppositely positioned closed end, said open end being defined by a circumferential edge, said circumferential edge lying in a first plane, said body portion being configured such that the greatest straight line distance connecting two points on said circumferential edge is greater than the perpendicular distance between said first plane and a second plane which contacts an outer surface of the closed end of the body portion and which is parallel to the first plane;
- and then closing the capsule.
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