Opioid agonist/opioid antagonist/acetaminophen combinations

a technology of acetaminophen and naloxone, which is applied in the direction of heterocyclic compound active ingredients, drug compositions, biocides, etc., can solve the problems of profound antagonistic effect of naloxone given by injection, still subject to patient misuse and abuse, etc., and achieves the effect of reducing the tendency of aqueous dispersion and enhancing the elasticity of the film formed

Inactive Publication Date: 2002-05-16
PURDUE PHARMA LP
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[0027] It is a further object of the invention to provide a method of treating pain in human patients with an oral dosage form of an opioid analgesic while reducing the oral abuse potential of dosage form.
[0192] In other embodiments of the invention, the melt extruded material is prepared without the inclusion of the therapeutically active agent, which is added thereafter to the extrudate. Such formulations typically will have the therapeutically active agent blended together with the extruded matrix material, and then the mixture would be tableted in order to provide a slow release formulation. Such formulations may be advantageous, for example, when the therapeutically active agent included in the formulation is sensitive to temperatures needed for softening the hydrophobic material and / or the retardant material.

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However, this amount of naloxone given by injection has profound antagonistic action to narcotic analgesics.
However, it is still subject to patient misuse and abuse by the oral route, for example, by the patient taking multiple doses at once.

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[0216] In Example 2, a ten period, randomized, crossover, single-blind study evaluating the ratio of oral naltrexone to oral hydrocodone that would nominally minimize the opioid agonist effects was conducted in normal, healthy, female volunteers. Twenty-one subjects enrolled in the study, and 16 completed the study. The ten treatments included HYIR / APAP (2 tablets of hydrocodone 7.5 and acetaminophen 750 mg per tablet, Vicodin ES.RTM.) with the following doses of naltrexone oral solution: 0.4 mg / 10 mL, 0.8 mg / 10 mL, 1.6 mg / 10 mL, 3.2 mg / 10 mL, 4.8 mg / 10 mL, 6.4 mg / 10 mL, 9.6 mg / 10 mL, 12.8 mg / 10 mL, and placebo naltrexone oral solution, as well as hydrocodone immediate-release comparator tablets (2.times.750 mg Trilisate.RTM. tablets) with placebo naltrexone oral solution. All treatments were administered under fasted conditions. A 48-hour washout period occurred between doses. Subjects were randomly assigned to ten treatment sequences of the ten treatment groups. Subjects reported ...

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[0237] Example 3 presents the results of a study evaluating precipitated withdrawal in morphine dependent volunteers receiving hydrocodone immediate-release tablets and naltrexone oral solution. The study was a single-blind, single-dose, placebo-controlled naltrexone dose ascending study in subjects physically dependent on opioids. The experimental subjects (5) were opioid-dependent as determined by Narcan challenge, Addiction Severity Index scores, physical examination, observation and urine drug screen results, and were not currently seeking treatment for their addiction. To evaluate precipitated withdrawal following the coadministration of hydrocodone immediate release and naltrexone, a 30 mg dose of hydrocodone immediate release was selected to simulate a dose level used by individuals who abuse hydrocodone. This is also a dose which is considered to be equianalgesic to other commonly used opioids in opioid naive patients. The relative analgesic potency of hydrocodone is believe...

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Abstract

The invention is directed in part to oral dosage forms comprising a combination of an opioid agonist, acetaminophen and an orally active opioid antagonist, the opioid antagonist being included in a ratio to the opioid agonist to provide a combination product which is analgesically effective when the combination is administered orally, but which is aversive in a physically dependent subject. Preferably, the amount of opioid antagonist included in the combination product provides at least a mildly negative, "aversive" experience in physically dependent addicts (e.g., precipitated abstinence syndrome).

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[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. Ser. No. 09 / 218,662, which is in turn a continuation application of U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 60 / 068,480 filed Dec. 22, 1997, hereby incorporated by reference.[0002] Opioids, also known as opioid agonists, are a group of drugs that exhibit opium or morphine-like properties. The opioids are employed primarily as moderate to strong analgesics, but have many other pharmacological effects as well, including drowsiness, respiratory depression, changes in mood and mental clouding without a resulting loss of consciousness. Opioids act as agonists, interacting with stereospecific and saturable binding sites in the brain and other tissues. Endogenous opioid-like peptides are present particularly in areas of the central nervous system that are presumed to be related to the perception of pain; to movement, mood and behavior, and to the regulation of neuroendocrinological functions. Opium contains more than twen...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61K31/485
CPCA61K31/485A61K31/451A61K45/06A61K31/167A61K31/137Y10S514/812A61K2300/00A61K9/0053A61K9/20
Inventor KAIKO, ROBERT F.COLUCCI, ROBERT D.
Owner PURDUE PHARMA LP
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