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US 9,801,852 B2Granted
Devices and methods for facilitating and controlling use of a medication
AssigneeJazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
InventorClark Allphin
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Abstract
A method for providing a drug includes providing an inactive form of a drug. The method also includes chemically converting the inactive form of the drug to an active form to provide a drug formulation usable by a patient in need thereof, including using a device configured to remove an abuse-preventing additive from the inactive form of the drug. The method also includes dispensing the drug formulation to the patient in need thereof.
Claims11
A method, comprising:
- (a) adding an inactive, non-absorbable form of gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) to an in-home device, wherein the inactive, non-absorbable form of GHB is a n-polyol (C4 or greater) ester of GHB;
- (b) chemically converting, using the device, the inactive, non-absorbable form of GHB in step (a) to an active form of GHB to provide a GHB formulation usable by a patient in need thereof, including passing the inactive, non-absorbable form of GHB through a filter or packed bed of the device containing a catalyst or reagent to generate the active, absorbable form of GHB;
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- (c) dispensing the GHB formulation of step (b) from the device to the patient for use by the patient in need thereof.
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A method, comprising:
- (a) providing an inactive, non-absorbable form of gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) to a patient in need thereof, wherein the inactive, non-absorbable form of GHB is a n-polyol (C4 or greater) ester of GHB;
- (b) chemically converting the inactive, non-absorbable form of GHB in step (a) to an active form of GHB, including passing the inactive form of GHB through a filter, or packed bed of an in-home device containing a catalyst or reagent to generate the active, absorbable form of GHB, the filter including activated carbon elements;
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- (c) dispensing the active, absorbable form of GHB of step (b) to the patient.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.