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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1997
David R Whitmire, Watkinsville, GA (US);
Other;
Abstract
An oral controlled release dosage form for cyanamide whereby a portion of a cyanamide dose administered to a patient remains transiently partitioned within encapsulating material, thereby retarding metabolism of the total administered cyanamide dose, is described. No investigator has reported the use of dosage forms enabling controlled release of cyanamide. The preparation, when administered to ethanol metabolizing individuals, can elevate blood acetaldehyde to such levels, and for such periods of time, that the individuals will be deterred from future alcohol consumption. The controlled release of cyanamide provides an optimal time-profile of alcohol deterrence specific for individual patients. The formulation avoids the side-effects associated with the relatively high concentrations of cyanamide and cyanamide-metabolites, and the attendant untoward toxic effects, caused by a typical bolus cyanamide dose, thereby attenuating the intensity of the sickness caused by acetaldehyde, and increasing patient compliance with cyanamide therapy.