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AssigneeBoard of Regents, The University of Texas System
InventorLenard M. Lichtenberger
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A novel pharmaceutical composition is provided by which nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are added directly to phospholipid-containing oil such as lecithin oils or to a bio-compatible oil to which an phospholipid has been added to make a NSAID-containing formulation that possess low gastrointestinal (GI) toxicity and enhanced therapeutic activity to treat or prevent inflammation, pain, fever, platelet aggregation, tissue ulcerations and/or other tissue disorders. The composition of the invention are in the form of a non-aqueous solution, paste, suspension, dispersion, colloidal suspension or in the form of an aqueous emulsion or microemulstion for internal, oral, direct or topical administration.
A method for producing a pharmaceutical composition that is a NSAID-in-oil suspension, said method comprising admixing a NSAID in powder form into a lecithin oil to obtain a NSAID-in-oil suspension, such that the NSAID (i) associates with phospholipids in the lecithin oil and (ii) is present in a therapeutically effective amount and the NSAID-in-oil suspension has a gastrointestinal toxicity that is reduced relative to the NSAID alone, wherein said NSAID is selected from the group consisting of aspirin, indomethacin and ibuprofen.
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