Dosage forms and methods for oral delivery of progesterone
AssigneeWatson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
InventorsDavid Chung Hsia, Thomas Chun Ho, Domingo Yap Tan, Fredric C. Weihmuller
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Abstract
Oral progesterone unit dosage forms comprising micronized progesterone and a solid polymeric carrier are provided. The dosage forms, upon oral administration, provide a therapeutically effective blood level of progesterone to a subject. The therapeutically effective blood level of progesterone may range from about 0.1 ng/ml to about 400 ng/ml. The dosage forms can be prepared for immediate as well as sustained release. The oral progesterone dosage form can be combined with an estrogen dosage form to provide combination hormone therapy.
Claims8
In an oral dosage form suitable to deliver a dosage of progesterone via the gastrointestinal tract, the improvement which upon oral administration provides a blood concentration of from about 0.1 ng/ml to about 400 ng/ml progesterone and comprises a combination that includes at least one solid form which contains from about 25 mg to about 500 mg micronized progesterone, said solid form having been derived from the extrusion of a polymer matrix extruded from a mixture comprising micronized progesterone in a solid polyethylene glycol carrier which is a mixture of at least 10% by weight polyethylene glycol 1450, at least 30% by weight polyethylene glycol 3350 and at least 4% by weight polyethylene glycol 8000, the micronized progesterone having first been dispersed in molten polyethylene gylcol and, after cooling to a solid form, having been extruded, said mixture constituting from about 45% to about 65% weight of said first solid form.
A method of providing an oral dosage of progesterone which comprises administering to a patient an oral dosage form suitable to deliver a dosage of progesterone via the gastrointestinal tract which upon oral administration provides a blood concentration of from about 0.1 ng/ml to about 400 ng/ml progesterone;
- said dosage form including a solid form containing from about 25 mg to about 500 mg micronized progesterone, said solid form having been derived from the extrusion of a polymer matrix extruded from a mixture comprising micronized progesterone in a solid polyethylene glycol carrier which is a mixture of at least 10% by weight polyethylene glycol 1450, at least 30% by weight polyethylene glycol 3350 and at least 4% by weight polyethylene glycol 8000, the micronized progesterone having first been dispersed in molten polyethylene glycol and, after cooling to a solid form, having been extruded, said mixture constituting from about 45% to about 65% weight of said first solid form.
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