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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2017
Morimoto-pharma Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Shuji Morimoto, Osaka, JP;
Masao Nozaki, Osaka, JP;
MORIMOTO-PHARMA CO., LTD., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
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±2° 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.