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Agents for the treatment of severe pain and preparation of said agents

US5173304A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 14, 1990
Grant dateDec 22, 1992
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Expiry dateAug 14, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61P25/04
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The agents for the treatment of conditions of severe pain, and especially of tumor pain and post-operative pain, consist of soft gelatin capsules containing from about 30 to about 50 parts by weight of ibuprofen and from about 1.5 to about 4 parts by weight of codeine and/or physiologically compatible salts thereof, partially dissolved and partially suspended in about 68.5 to about 46 parts by weight of polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene-diol or in a mixture comprising about 30 to about 76 parts by weight of polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene- diol or polyethylene-glycol or polypropyleneglycol and from about 7 to about 40 parts by weight of a physiologically compatible surfactant.

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