A CONTROLLED RELEASE PREPARATION WHEREIN THE RELEASE OF ACTIVE INGREDIENT IS CONTROLLED, WHICH RELEASES AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME BY STAYING OR SLOWLY MIGRATING IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, IS PROVIDED BY MEANS SUCH AS CAPSULATING A TABLET, GRANULE OR FINE GRANULE WHEREIN THE RELEASE OF ACTIVE INGREDIENT IS CONTROLLED AND A GEL-FORMING POLYMER. SAID TABLET, GRANULE OR FINE GRANULE HAS A RELEASE-CONTROLLED COATING-LAYER FORMED ON A CORE PARTICLE CONTAINING AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT.