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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2005
Travis Mickle, Coralville, IA (US);
Thomas Piccariello, Blacksburg, VA (US);
James Scott Moncrief, Christiansburg, VA (US);
Nancy Johnston Boerth, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Barney Bishop, Annandale, VA (US);
Travis Mickle, Coralville, IA (US);
Thomas Piccariello, Blacksburg, VA (US);
James Scott Moncrief, Christiansburg, VA (US);
Nancy Johnston Boerth, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Barney Bishop, Annandale, VA (US);
Shire LLC, Florence, KY (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a 'street-safe' version of a controlled substance that permits the therapeutically beneficial effects of the substance while reducing or eliminating the euphoric effects that lead to substance abuse. The invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a controlled substance and a carbohydrate covalently bound to said controlled substance in a manner that renders said controlled substance pharmacologically inactive or substantially diminishes its activity and methods of using the same.