Intranasal codeine for the rapid suppression of cough and rapid relief of pain
AssigneeNew Millennium Pharmaceutical Research, Inc.
InventorsAnwar A. Hussain, Lewis W. Dittert, Abeer M. Al-Ghananeem
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Abstract
This invention provides a method of rapidly and reliably delivering codeine, alone or in combination with other compounds, to the systemic circulation by administration via the nasal route to produce rapid onset of beneficial effects in the treatment of pain or cough. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising codeine, and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in a variety of unique pharmaceutical dosage forms, with and without other analgesic and/or antitussive compounds.
Claims21
A method for rapidly and reliably delivering codeine to the systemic circulation of a patient for the prevention or treatment of pain comprising intranasally administering an effective amount of codeine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a patient in need of such prevention or treatment.
A method for rapidly and reliably delivering codeine to the systemic circulation of a patient for the prevention or treatment of cough comprising intranasally administering an effective amount of codeine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a patient in need of such prevention or treatment.
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