IP Library Granted Patent US 6,939,550
Granted Patent B2
US 6,939,550 · App. 10/298,175 · Granted Sep 6, 2005

Stabilized antihistamine syrup

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Patent No.
US 6,939,550
App. No.
10/298,175
Granted
Sep 6, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

An antihistaminic syrup is stabilized against degradation of the active ingredient, by the addition of and about 0.05 to about 5 mg/mL of an aminopolycarboxylic acid such as a salt of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid.

Claims (19)

1. A syrup formulation containing an antihistaminic amount of azatadine and about 0.05 to about 5 mg/mL of an aminopolycarboxylic acid or a salt thereof.

2. The syrup of claim 1 , wherein the aminopolycarboxylic acid is selected from the group consisting of: iminodiacetic acid; methyliminodiacetic acid; nitrilotriacetic acid; ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid; 1,2-diaminocyclohexane-tetraacetic acid; N-hydroxyethylenediaminetriacetic acid; and any combination of two or more thereof.

3. The syrup of claim 1 , wherein the aminopolycarboxylic acid comprises ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid.

4. The syrup of claim 1 , in which the aminopolycarboxylic acid comprises about 0.1 to about 1 mg/mL.

5. The syrup of claim 1 , in which the aminopolycarboxylic acid comprises about 0.25 to about 0.5 mg/mL.

6. The syrup of claim 1 , further containing a therapeutically effective amount of a decongestant, an analgesic, an antitussive, an expectorant, or any combination of two or more thereof.

7. The syrup of claim 1 , further containing a decongestant selected from the group consisting of pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine.

8. The syrup of claim 1 , further containing the decongestant pseudoephedrine.

9. An antihistaminic syrup formulation containing azatadine and about 0.05 to about 5 mg/mL of a sodium salt of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid.

10. The syrup of claim 9 , which the salt of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid comprises about 0.1 to about 1 mg/mL.

11. The syrup of claim 9 , in which the salt of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid comprises about 0.25 to about 0.5 mg/mL.

12. The syrup of claim 9 , further containing an analgesic.

13. The syrup of claim 9 , further containing a decongestant selected from the group consisting of pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine.

14. An antihistaminic syrup formulation containing azatadine and about 0.05 to about 5 mg/mL of the disodium salt of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid.

15. The syrup of claim 14 , in which the disodium salt of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid comprises about 0.1 to about 1 mg/mL.

16. The syrup of claim 14 , in which the disodium salt of ethylenediaminetetrascetic acid comprises about 0.25 to about 0.5 mg/mL.

17. The syrup of claim 14 , further containing an analgesic.

18. The syrup of claim 14 , further containing a decongestant selected from the group consisting of pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine.

19. The syrup of claim 18 , further containing an analgesic.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 30, 2012
From: SCHERING CORPORATION
To: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
Reel/Frame 028884/0151 →