Taste masked pharmaceutical compositions

The present invention relates to novel taste masked pharmaceutical compositions. More particularly, this invention relates to taste masked pharmaceutical compositions comprising microcapsules for reconstitution with a liquid vehicle for oral administration, which effectively mask the taste of pharma...

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Hauptverfasser: Ulrich, Stephen A, Zimm, Karen R
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The present invention relates to novel taste masked pharmaceutical compositions. More particularly, this invention relates to taste masked pharmaceutical compositions comprising microcapsules for reconstitution with a liquid vehicle for oral administration, which effectively mask the taste of pharmaceuticals or nutritional supplements that have a bitter or otherwise undesirable taste characteristic. A taste masked pharmaceutical composition comprising a microcapsule, wherein the microcapsule comprises a pharmaceutically active agent core coated with a taste masking effective amount of a water-insoluble enteric coating, wherein the coating comprises a weakly acidic methacrylic acid-ethyl acrylate copolymer.