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US 2004/0001883 A1Published application
Meloxicam suppositories
AssigneeBoehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
InventorsMayumi Matsui, Toshimitsu Ohki, Koichi Wada
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Abstract
The present invention relates to suppositories consisting essentially of the active ingredient meloxicam or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
Claims11
A suppository containing a composition consisting essentially of meloxicam or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, wherein at least one of the excipients is a polyalkylene glycol.
A suppository which contains a composition consisting of:
- a) 1 to 20 mg of meloxicam,
- b) 500 to 1500 mg of one or more polyalkylene glycols selected from the group consisting of:
- polyethylene glycol 400, polyethylene glycol 4000 and polyethylene glycol 6000;
- and optionally
- c) one or two additional excipients.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.