Hydromorphone therapy
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- MERRILL SONYA
- Publication Date
- 2004-11-25
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
Description
[0001] This application is application is a division of U.S. application Ser. No. 08 / 935,223 filed on Sep. 22, 1997, which application Ser. No. 08 / 935,223 is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08 / 611,294 filed on Mar. 5, 1996 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,702,725 issued Dec. 30, 1997, which application Ser. No. 08 / 935,223 is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 08 / 271,593 filed Jul. 7, 1994 and now U.S. Pat. No. 5,529,787 issued on Jun. 25, 1996.
[0002] This invention pertains to a novel dosage form comprising hydromorphone for the management of pain. The invention concerns also a novel therapeutic composition comprising hydromorphone indicated for treating pain. The invention relates additionally to a method for the management of pain by administering continuously release-rate controlled doses of hydromorphone over an extended time to produce analgesic therapy.
[0003] Hydromorphone is an analgesic with its principal therapeutic effect, the relief of pain. The precise me...