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US 5,326,570 AGranted
Advanced drug delivery system and method of treating psychiatric, neurological and other disorders with carbamazepine
AssigneePharmavene, Inc.
InventorsEdward M. Rudnic, George W. Belendiuk
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a composition and method of treating a patient by administering carbamazepine in a pharmaceutical dosage form capable of maintaining the patient's blood concentration at from about 4 .mu.g/ml to about 12 .mu.g/ml over at least a 12 hour period, where the blood concentration of carbamazepine does not vary by more than 60 percent.
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A drug delivery system for the oral administration of carbamazepine, comprising:
- (a) a sustained release unit containing carbamazepine;
- (b) an immediate release unit containing carbamazepine;
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- (c) an enteric release unit containing carbamazepine, said combination of components (a), (b), and (c) containing a therapeutically effective amount of carbamazepine.
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A method of treating a patient with carbamazepine comprising:
- orally administering to said patient a composition which contains,
- (a) an immediate release unit containing carbamazepine;
- (b) a sustained release unit containing carbamazepine;
- (c) an enteric release unit containing carbamazepine;
- said components (a), (b), and (c) containing a therapeutically effective amount of carbamazepine.
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