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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2010
Mitchell Wortzman, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
R. Todd Plott, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Steven B. Newhard, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
David Watt, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Mitchell Wortzman, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
R. Todd Plott, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Steven B. Newhard, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
David Watt, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Abstract
An oral dosage form has the following: an amount of minocycline selected from the group consisting of 55 mg, 80 mg, and 105 mg; an amount of lactose monohydrate; an amount of hydroxypropylmethylcellulose. The hydroxypropylmethylcellulose is at least 8.3 to about 9.8% hydroxypropoxylated. The minocycline in the oral dosage form has a dissolution profile or release rates about 35% to about 50% in 1 hour, about 60% to about 75% in 2 hours, and at least about 90% in 4 hours. There is also provided a method of treating acne in a human and a method of assisting a physician in prescribing a dose of minocycline for the treatment of acne.