Pharmaceutical formulation containing gelling agent
AssigneesPurdue Pharma L.P., The P.F. Laboratories, Inc., Purdue Pharmaceuticals L.P.
InventorsCurtis Wright, Benjamin Oshlack, Christopher Breder
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Abstract
Disclosed in certain embodiments is a controlled release oral dosage form comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a drug susceptible to abuse together with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients; the dosage form further including a gelling agent in an effective amount to impart a viscosity unsuitable for administration selected from the group consisting of parenteral and nasal administration to a solubilized mixture formed when the dosage form is crushed and mixed with from about 0.5 to about 10 ml of an aqueous liquid; the dosage form providing a therapeutic effect for at least about 12 hours when orally administered to a human patient.
Claims22
A controlled release oral dosage form comprising:
- from about 2.5 mg to about 800 mg morphine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof;
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- a gelling agent comprising polyethylene oxide in an effective amount to impart a viscosity of at least about 10 cP when the dosage form is subjected to tampering by dissolution in from about 0.5 to about 10 ml of an aqueous liquid;
- the dosage form providing a therapeutic effect for at least about 12 hours when orally administered to a human patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.