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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward M Rudnic, North Potomac, MD (US);
George W Belendiuk, Potomac, MD (US);
John McCarty, Biscayne Park, FL (US);
Sandra Wassink, Frederick, MD (US);
Richard A Couch, Germantown, MD (US);
Assignee:
Shire Laboratories, Inc., Rockville, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424465 ; 424468 ; 424482 ; 424489 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a composition and method of treating a patient by administering carbamazepine in a pharmaceutical dosage form capable of maintaining the patient's blood concentration at from about 4 .mu.g/ml to about 12 .mu.g/ml over at least a 12 hour period, where the blood concentration of carbamazepine does not vary by more than 60 percent.