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US 5,456,247 AGranted
Method for delivering drugs soluble in a vaporization vehicle
AssigneeIowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsLynndon J. Shilling, H. M. Stahr
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Abstract
This invention relates to a method for delivering drugs sublimable in a vaporization vehicle. The method involves combining a sufficient amount of a vaporization vehicle to sublime the drug and the drug to be delivered, heating the vaporization vehicle to substantially its boiling point and administering the vapor by inhalation to a subject.
Claims8
A method for delivering a drug soluble in a vaporization vehicle to a subject, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) combining a sufficient amount of a vaporization vehicle selected from the group consisting of:
- menthol, carvone, menthone and camphor to solubilize a drug selected from the group consisting of:
- sulfamethazine, sulfamethoxazole, sulfadimethoxine and gentamicin and a drug to be delivered;
- b) heating said vaporization vehicle to substantially its boiling point;
- and
- c) administering said vapor by inhalation to said subject.
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A method for delivering a drug soluble in a terpene to a subject, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) combining a sufficient amount of a terpene to solubilize a drug selected from the group consisting of:
- sulfamethazine, sulfamethoxazole, sulfadimethoxine and gentamicin and a drug to be delivered;
- b) heating said terpene to substantially its boiling point;
- and
- c) administering said vapor by inhalation to said subject.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.