Abstract: The unpleasant taste of water-soluble ibuprofen salts in aqueous solution is masked by incorporating in the solution a taste-masking amount of an alkali metal bicarbonate, alkali metal monohydrogen phosphate or alkali metal tribasic citrate. Preferably, the taste-masking compound is an alkali metal bicarbonate, especially sodium bicarbonate.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 26, 1992
Date of Patent:
November 16, 1993
Assignee:
Nicholas Kiwi Pty Ltd.
Inventors:
Stuart P. Gregory, Alexander J. Jozsa, Robert E. Kaldawi