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US 5,858,413 AGranted
Antacid composition, substantially free of preservatives
AssigneeRhone-Poulenc Rorer S.A.
InventorsWinfred Jettka, Jorg-Christian Hager, Manfred Durr
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Abstract
A pharmaceutical, oral composition of a liquid to semisolid consistency is disclosed, wherein the composition, substantially free of preservatives, contains at least one antacid active substance as well as more than 45% by weight, a sugar and/or sugar alcohol, relative to the ready-to-use composition, and up to 40% by weight, a pharmaceutically harmless solvent, relative to the ready-to-use composition.
Claims12
A pharmaceutical composition for oral use, comprising:
- between 12% by weight and 30% by weight of at least one antacid active substance selected from the group consisting of aluminum hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, magnesium trisilicate, magnesium carbonate, magnesium phosphate, calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, sodium citrate, magnesium oxide, magaldrate, hydrotalcite, sodium hydrogencarbonate, bismuth subcarbonate, and mixtures thereof;
- more than 45% by weight of a sugar or sugar alcohol;
- and
- between 12% and 35% by weight of water,
- wherein said composition has a liquid to semisolid consistency and is substantially free of preservatives.
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