Abstract: A dosage form is disclosed comprising means for lessening the tackiness and/or irritation of the components of the dosage form to mucosal tissue. The dosage form provides means for forming in the dosage form a floc comprising a drug, which floc, when delivered from the dosage form, lessens the tackiness and/or irritation of the mucosal tissue of a warm-blooded recipient.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 21, 1992
Date of Patent:
November 3, 1998
Assignee:
ALZA Corporation
Inventors:
Liang C. Dong, Michael H. Dealey, Terry L. Burkoth, Patrick S. -L. Wong, Jerry D. Childers, Brian L. Barclay