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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. 17, 2003
Filed:
May. 25, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Aziz Karim, Skokie, IL (US);
Andrew M. Brugger, Libertyville, IL (US);
Ping Gao, Portage, MI (US);
Fred Hassan, Peapack, NJ (US);
James C. Forbes, Glenview, IL (US);
Assignee:
Pharmacia Corporation, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1415 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1415 ;
Abstract
There is provided a method of rapidly relieving pain in a mammalian, preferably human, subject. The method comprises orally administering to the subject an effective pain-relieving amount of a composition comprising celecoxib formulated in such a way as to provide, when tested in fasting humans in accordance with standard pharmacokinetic practice, a blood plasma concentration profile of celecoxib in which a concentration of about 250 ng/ml is attained not later than about 30 minutes after oral administration.