Described herein are unit
oral dose compositions that reduce the severity of
heartburn and / or upset
stomach or the risk of the occurrence of
heartburn and / or upset
stomach in a human in need of taking
ibuprofen or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for the treatment of
acute pain wherein the human is not experiencing
heartburn and / or upset
stomach prior to the
oral administration of the unit
oral dose composition comprising orally administering to the human of a unit
oral dose composition comprising (i)
ibuprofen or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the amount of
ibuprofen or the conjugate base of ibuprofen of the pharmaceutically acceptable salt of ibuprofen is a dosage from about 50 mg to about 400 mg per unit oral
dose composition and (ii)
famotidine or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein
famotidine or the
conjugate acid of
famotidine of the pharmaceutically acceptable salt of famotidine is at a dosage from about 3 mg to about 20 mg per unit oral
dose composition, wherein the
dissolution rate of famotidine or the
conjugate acid of famotidine of the pharmaceutically acceptable salt of famotidine in the unit oral
dose composition in said human at a specified time within 45 minutes of administration of said unit oral dose composition to said human is greater than the
dissolution rate of ibuprofen or the conjugate base of ibuprofen of the pharmaceutically acceptable salt of ibuprofen in the unit oral dose composition in said human at the same specified time.