| abstract |
A tablet coating useful for coating an active selected from the group consisting of aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxin sodium, acetaminophen, celecoxib, sildenafil citrate, alendronate sodium, an analgesic in combination with one or more of an antitussive, antihistamine, decongestant and expectorant, oxaprozin, comprising gellan gum along with a process which comprises admixing gellan gum and water under effective shear conditions to prepare an aqueous gellan gum coating composition thereof whereby the aqueous gellan gum coating composition is applied in an adherent fashion to a placebo or a tablet containing an active to form a gellan gum coated placebo or gellan gum coated active. |