| abstract |
It is intended to provide a medicinal composition for oral use which contains a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, is excellent in storage stability, suffers from little syneresis, has a high uniformity and a good appearance, can be easily taken due to smoothness to swallow and is suitable for self medication. More specifically speaking, it is intended to provide a jelly-type medicinal composition for oral use containing a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, a gelling agent and water and having a pH value of 3 to 7, in particular, the above-described medicinal composition wherein the gelling agent is carrageenan,low-methoxyl pectin, agar, alginic acid, sodium alginate, gelatin, mannan, konjac, konjac mannan, glucomannan, chitosan, gum xanthan, tamarind seed polysaccharides, gellan gum, karaya gum or cacia gum, and preferably a medicinal composition which further contains a thickener. |