Morimoto-pharma Co., Ltd.

Masao Nozaki

Shuji Morimoto

Hiroshi Yamauchi

Masaho Mikami

Provided is a jelly for assisting in taking a drug that reduces a possibility of aspiration and makes it possible to deliver a drug efficiently to the digestive tract without remaining in the throat. Contained are a gelling agent including LM pectin, agar, and other thickening polysaccharide and a gelling promoter to gel and is taken mixed with the drug when taking the drug; LM pectin is contained 1-3 wt % relative to the jelly for assisting in taking the drug; the properties at 20&#xb1;2&#xb0; C. of a jelly produced by chopping the jelly for assisting in taking the drug are a hardness of 2000-6000 N/m, adhesiveness of 200-500 J/m, and cohesiveness of 0.2-0.6; and the water separation from the jelly 10 minutes after chopping the jelly for assisting in taking the drug is 3 wt % or less relative to the jelly for assisting in taking the drug.

Jelly for assisting in taking drug

To provide a medication storage cell that can be easily opened by a person who cannot dexterously move his or her fingertips. A small-medication storage cell () is provided with an accommodating section () and an interlocking piece (). The accommodating section () has an outlet for a medication (). The outlet () is formed using a sheet () provided with an interlocking piece, and a cover sheet (). The interlocking piece () has a base section () and a tip end section (). At least a part of the base section () is separated from the surface of the accommodating section (). The tip end section () is fastened to the accommodating section () in a bent state so that the cover sheet () and the sheet () provided with an interlocking piece close the outlet ().

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Osaka, Japan

Masao Nozaki