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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2001
Sonya S. Johnson, LaGrange Highlands, IL (US);
David G. Barkalow, Deerfield, IL (US);
Michael J. Greenberg, Northbrook, IL (US);
Gloria T. Sheldon, Hammond, IN (US);
Sonya S. Johnson, LaGrange Highlands, IL (US);
David G. Barkalow, Deerfield, IL (US);
Michael J. Greenberg, Northbrook, IL (US);
Gloria T. Sheldon, Hammond, IN (US);
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for producing a coated chewing gum product with accelerated absorption of medicaments through oral mucosa, as well as the chewing gum product so produced, is obtained by using a xylitol or sorbitol coating, or by adding a water-soluble alkaline material, such as a bicarbonate salt, to the chewing gum center, a coating on the center, or both. Coatings made with sorbitol or xylitol or gum centers that include sodium bicarbonate are particularly preferred.