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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2000

Filed:

Nov. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

John R Plachetka, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Zakauddin T Chowhan, Cockeyesville, MD (US);

Assignee:

Pozen, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424474 ; 424468 ; 424469 ; 424470 ; 424472 ; 424473 ;
Abstract

This invention comprises a non-vasoactive, supra-vasoactive syndrome ('SVS') minimized dosage form for treatment of migraine in a human comprising (i) rapid availability metoclopramide in at least about an effective local gastrointestinal amount; (ii) at least one long acting NSAID such as naproxen sodium in a therapeutically effective amount; (iii) wherein said dosage form is a coordinated dosage form; and, (iv) wherein the dosage form is absent 5HT agonist vasoactive agents, and preparation thereof. Acid-base stable dosage forms are noted. This invention further comprises methods of migraine treatment, and methods for rapid introduction of oral NSAID into the small bowel.


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