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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 1997
Filed:
May. 29, 1996
Jan Andersson, Sodra Sandby, SE;
Hans Jagfeldt, Lund, SE;
Eva Trofast, Lund, SE;
Kjell Wetterlin, Sodra Sandby, SE;
AB Astra, Sodertalje, SE;
Abstract
A method is provided for dispensing a clinically effective dose of an inhalable, pharmaceutically active compound. The method includes providing a dry powder inhaler containing a powder including the pharmaceutically active compound, and administering to a patient a dose of the compound that is less than 70% of the dose that would be necessary to obtain a physiologically equivalent result were the compound administered by a pressurized metered dose inhaler. The pharmaceutically active compound is in the form of primary particles at least 80% of which have a particle size of less than 10 microns, and the primary particles are provided as agglomerates which are deagglomerated during inhalation so that at least 40% of the dose administered is in the form of primary particles.