The invention relates to pharmaceutical oral dosage forms of the active substance ethyl 3-[(2-{[4-(hexyloxycarbonylamino-imino-methyl)-phenylamino]-methyl}-1-methyl-1H-benzimidazole-5-carbonyl)-pyridin-2-yl-amino]-propionate (dabigatran etexilate) and the pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof, in particular dabigatran etexilate methanesulfonate.