Use of a celecoxib composition for fast pain relief

US6579895B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Pharmacia Corporation · SE

Inventors

• Aziz Karim · Skokie, US
• Andrew Brugger · Libertyville, US
• Ping Gao · Portage, US
• Fred Hassan · Boca Raton, US
• James Forbes · Glenview, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 25, 2001
• Grant date: Jun 17, 2003
• Expiry date: May 25, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S977/926
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

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.