HERMES PHARMA GmbH

Instant drinks

Instant drinks

Hot and cold instant drinks contain a single dose of powder or granules that dissolve in water, making them both easy to dose and consume. With extra rehydration benefits, instant drinks are well established, particularly for cough and cold remedies. Our unique formulations ensure that APIs remain stable in hot or cold water and that products dissolve quickly without leaving residues or foam. Our instant drinks can be effervescent as well as non-effervescent

Like all user-friendly dosage forms, instant drinks:

• Are easy to swallow, even for those who experience difficulties swallowing conventional tablets and capsules
• Reduce the risk of drug-induced esophagitis, which occurs when a tablet is caught in the esophagus and dissolves while remaining in contact with the sensitive esophagus lining
• Taste pleasant and come in a range of flavors
• Are easy and convenient to take
• Are supplied as a single dose so no measuring is required
• Improve compliance 

Drinkable medicines such as instant drinks:

• Render tablet size and shape irrelevant and allow large amounts of API/nutrient (more than 10 grams) or a combination to be provided in a single dose, even at different concentrations
• Provide excellent bioavailability and rapid release depending on the API/nutrient
• Aid rehydration by increasing liquid intake
• Due to the buffered solution, effervescent instant drinks minimize the risk of gastric irritation

In addition, instant drinks:

• Can be packaged in sachets with an aluminum-paper laminate or PET-aluminum-PE laminate to protect photosensitive APIs against light. We offer a variety of different sachet formats on multiple high-speed packaging lines.
• With effervescence, are ideal for patients with low gastric fluid production, like those on proton pump inhibitor medications, for example