Ketorolac and B-Complex Synergistic Pharmaceutical Composition

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current pain management therapies, particularly for moderate to severe pain and neuralgias, face challenges due to the side effects of opioids and instability issues with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) when combined with other substances, leading to inadequate therapeutic efficacy and increased adverse effects.

Innovation Solution

A pharmaceutical composition combining ketorolac salts with B-complex vitamins, using smaller doses of ketorolac and B-complex, and employing specific buffer solutions to maintain stability and pH levels, allowing for a synergistic effect in pain management with reduced adverse effects.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If opioids are used for pain management, then analgesic effect is improved, but side effects such as respiratory depression, constipation, and tolerance increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveanalgesic effectVSAvoidside effects
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The invention segments the pain management approach by combining two different mechanisms: NSAID (ketorolac) for inflammatory pain control and Vitamin B-complex for neuralgia and nerve pain relief. This segmentation allows targeting different pain pathways without relying on opioids, thereby reducing opioid-related side effects while maintaining comprehensive analgesic coverage

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The invention creates a composite pharmaceutical formulation combining ketorolac (NSAID) with Vitamin B-complex. This composite approach leverages the anti-inflammatory properties of ketorolac and the neuroprotective/analgesic properties of B-vitamins to achieve synergistic pain relief without opioid involvement, thus improving reliability while reducing harmful effects

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Reliability

If NSAIDs are combined with other substances, then therapeutic efficacy is improved, but stability decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetherapeutic efficacyVSAvoidformulation stability
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The invention uses Vitamin B-complex as an intermediary substance that not only provides therapeutic benefit for neuralgia but also acts as a stabilizing agent in the formulation. The B-vitamins serve as a bridge between the NSAID component and the overall formulation stability, allowing enhanced therapeutic efficacy while maintaining compositional stability through their buffering and protective effects

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Duration of action of moving object

If repeated parenteral administration of diclofenac and B-complex is performed, then pain relief is maintained, but tissue necrosis risk increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepain relief durationVSAvoidtissue necrosis
Core Design Contradiction:
Duration of action of moving objectVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The invention changes the chemical parameters of the formulation by using ketorolac instead of diclofenac, altering the pH profile and chemical composition to reduce tissue reactivity. This parameter change allows repeated parenteral administration to be performed safely without causing tissue necrosis, while maintaining effective pain relief duration through the synergistic ketorolac-B-complex combination

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP2008655B1Pharmaceutical composition that comprises an analgesic and vitamins
Publication Date: 2013.06.26 LAB SENOSIAIN DE C V
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AI summary

This invention refers to the pharmaceutical combinations of Ketorolac salts and B-complex; to the methods used to make said combinations; and particularly, to ketorolac and B-complex synergic combinations useful in the treatment of patients that suffer from moderate to severe pain and neuralgias in different body sites.