Pharmaceutical compositions having a modified vehicle
View Patent ↗A composition comprising: (a) one to three bioactive agents; and (b) a vehicle comprising; (i) a modified liquid carrier, and (ii) an unmodified liquid carrier wherein the ratio by volume of the modified liquid carrier to the unmodified liquid carrier is between 0.00001:99.99999 to less than 0.01:99.99, that provide the composition with predictable sustained-release properties and wherein immediately after manufacture of the composition, said composition can be administered to a host such that the one to three bioactive agents is released to the host on a sustained basis.
1. A composition comprising;
(a) crystalline ceftiofur free acid; and
(b) a vehicle comprising;
(i) a modified liquid carrier having a peroxide value of between about 10 to about 600 milliequivalents (mEq) of peroxide per 1000 grams of oil, and
(ii) an un-modified liquid carrier wherein the ratio by volume of the modified liquid carrier to the un-modified liquid carrier is between 0.00001:99.99999 to less than 0.01: 99.99.
2. The composition according to claim 1 wherein said vehicle comprises a modified liquid carrier and an un-modified, unsaturated oil suitable for modification.
3. The composition according to claim 1 wherein said vehicle comprises a modified and an un-oxidizable oil.
4. The composition according to claim 1 wherein said modified liquid carrier comprises a modified vegetable oil wherein said vegetable oil is selected from the group consisting of corn oil, peanut oil, sesame oil, olive oil, palm oil, safflower oil, soybean oil, cottonseed oil, rapeseed oil, sunflower oil and mixtures thereof.
5. The composition according to claim 2 wherein said modified liquid carrier comprises modified cottonseed oil.
6. The composition according to claim 2 wherein said un-modified liquid carrier comprises coconut oil.
7. The composition according to claim 5 wherein the concentration of crystalline ceftiofur free acid in said composition ranges from 50 mg/ml to 250 mg/ml.
8. The composition according to claim 5 wherein the concentration of crystalline ceftiofur free acid in said composition ranges from about 100 mg/ml to about 200 mg/ml.
9. The composition according to claim 6 wherein the concentration of crystalline ceftiofur free acid in said composition ranges from 50 mg/ml to 250 mg/ml.
10. The composition according to claim 6 wherein the concentration of crystalline ceftiofur free acid in said composition ranges from about 100 mg/ml to about 200 mg/ml.