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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2010
Patricia T. Richards, Bedminster, NJ (US);
Warren C. Stern, Bedminster, NJ (US);
Laurel J. Mengle-gaw, St. Louis, MO (US);
Benjamin D. Schwartz, St. Louis, MO (US);
Patricia T. Richards, Bedminster, NJ (US);
Warren C. Stern, Bedminster, NJ (US);
Laurel J. Mengle-Gaw, St. Louis, MO (US);
Benjamin D. Schwartz, St. Louis, MO (US);
QRxPharma Ltd., Bedminster, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method of converting a treatment for pain comprising intravenous administration of opioids, to a treatment for pain comprising oral administration of a first dose of an immediate release morphine-oxycodone combination in patients in need of analgesia. The method may comprise (1) determining a four-hour average oral morphine equivalents or determining a net average hourly intravenous dose, and (2) orally administering to the patient a first dose of a morphine-oxycodone combination in a 3:2 ratio by weight every four to six hours. Also, a method of treating pain in patients who had been administered opioids intravenously, comprising using a dosing algorithm to determine the first dose of the immediate release morphine-oxycodone combination.