Method of adding botanical agents/dietary supplements to pharmaceutical agents in a pharmacotherapeutic regimen
OwnerJoshua D. Levine, Robert A. Levineinventors
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Abstract
A method for administering an active pharmaceutical agent (APA) is provided that includes the steps of: a) providing a medicine having a dose of at least one APA and at least one active botanical agent (ABA) or dietary supplement; and b) dosing the APA within the medicine such that within each subsequent dose of the medicine, the amount of the APA decreases and the amount of the ABA increases, or remains the same, or decreases relative to an earlier amount. A trace of the APA may or may not remain in the pill toward the end of medicine application.
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A method for administering a prescribed medicine that includes an active pharmaceutical agent (APA), comprising the steps of:
- providing a an orally administered prescribed medicine having a dose of at least one APA and at least one active botanical agent (ABA);
- dosing the APA within the medicine such that within subsequent doses of the medicine, the dose of the APA decreases and the dose of the ABA increases, decreases or remains the same as an earlier amount;
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- administering the medicine in sequential order having a last application of the medicine, and wherein the dose of the APA in the last application is below the starting dose.
A method for administering a prescribed medicine that includes an active pharmaceutical agent (APA), comprising the steps of:
- providing a an orally administered prescribed medicine having a dose of at least one APA and at least one active botanical agent (ABA);
- and
- dosing the APA within the medicine such that within subsequent doses of the medicine, the amount of the APA and the amount of the ABA decrease;
- administering the medicine in sequential order having a last application of the medicine, and wherein the dose of the APA in the last application is below the starting dose.
A method for administering a prescribed medicine that includes an active pharmaceutical agent (APA), comprising the steps of:
- providing a first day dose schedule of an orally administered prescribed medicine having a full effective amount of at least one APA, and an amount of at least one of an active botanical agent (ABA);
- providing a second day dose schedule of an orally administered prescribed medicine having an amount of the at least one APA that is substantially less than the amount of APA contained within the first day schedule, and an amount of the at least one of the ABA;
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- administering the first day and second day dose schedule repetitively for a predetermined number of days.
A method for administering a pharmacotherapeutic regimen of a prescribed medicine, comprising the steps of:
- providing a prepackaged set of sequential orally administered prescribed pills, wherein each pill contains at least one active botanical agent (ABA), and at least one active pharmaceutical agent (APA), which APA and ABA have complimentary pharmacologic actions, and wherein all the pills are substantially identical looking;
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- administering the pills in sequential order;
- wherein the dose of at least one of the ABA or APA in each pill varies during the course of the regimen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.