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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1999
Yohko Akiyama, Ibaraki, JP;
Masafumi Nakao, Ikoma, JP;
Naoki Nagahara, Itami, JP;
Susumu Iwasa, Tsuzuki-gun, JP;
Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention includes a formulation which comprises an antibacterial substance and an antiulcer substance, wherein at least either of them is formulated into a gastrointestinal mucosa-adherent solid preparation. The formulation of the present invention shows long retention time in the gastrointestinal tract because of adhesion to the gastrointestinal tract mucosa, synergetically enhances the pharmaceutical effects of an antibacterial substance, specially antibiotic against,(HP) and an antiulcer substance, with very low doses of active ingredients, particularly the anti-HP antibiotic with low prevalence of side effects. The present agent is useful as an antiulcer agent, showing potent anti-HP activity.