IP Library Granted Patent US 8,637,540
Granted Patent B2
US 8,637,540 · App. 13/926,206 · Granted Jan 28, 2014

Compositions for deterring abuse of opioid containing dosage forms

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Patent No.
US 8,637,540
App. No.
13/926,206
Granted
Jan 28, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

This invention relates to an abuse deterrent dosage form of opioid analgesics, wherein an analgesically effective amount of opioid analgesic is combined with a polymer to form a matrix.

Claims (36)

1. A therapeutic pharmaceutical composition comprising: a mixture including

(a) an opioid;

(b) a gel-forming polymer in an amount of about 3 to about 40 wt %;

(c) a disintegrant; and

(d) a surfactant;

wherein the disintegrant is present in an amount sufficient to cause the pharmaceutical composition to exhibit an immediate release profile.

2. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the pharmaceutical composition is in unit dose form.

3. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the pharmaceutical composition is in suppository, capsule, caplet, pill, gel, soft gelatin capsule, or compressed tablet form.

4. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the opioid susceptible to abuse is present in an amount of 0.5 to about 25 wt % of the composition.

5. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the disintegrant is present in an amount of about 2 to about 25 wt % of the composition.

6. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the surfactant is present in an amount of about 1 to about 10 wt % of the composition.

7. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the disintegrant is selected from the group consisting of sodium starch glycolate, crospovidone, and croscarmellose sodium.

8. A therapeutic pharmaceutical composition comprising: a mixture including

(a) an opioid selected from the group consisting of alfentanil, buprenorphine, butorphanol, carfentanil, codeine, dezocine, diacetylmorphine, dihydrocodeine, dihydromorphine, diprenorphine, etorphine, fentanyl, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, β-hydroxy-3-methylfentanyl, levo-α-acetylmethadol, levorphanol, lofentanil, meperidine, methadone, morphine, nalbuphine, oxycodone, oxymorphone, pentazocine, pethidine, propoxyphene, remifentanil, sufentanil, tilidine, tramadol, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof;

(b) a gel-forming polymer in an amount of about 3 to about 40 wt %;

(c) a disintegrant; and

(d) a surfactant;

wherein the disintegrant is present in an amount sufficient to cause the pharmaceutical composition to exhibit an immediate release profile.

9. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 8 , wherein the pharmaceutical composition is in unit dose form.

10. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 8 , wherein the pharmaceutical composition is in suppository, capsule, caplet, pill, gel, soft gelatin capsule, or compressed tablet form.

11. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 8 , wherein the opioid is present in an amount of 0.5 to about 25 wt % of the composition.

12. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 8 , wherein the disintegrant is present in an amount of about 2 to about 25 wt % of the composition.

13. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 8 , wherein the surfactant is present in an amount of about 1 to about 10 wt % of the composition.

14. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 8 , wherein the disintegrant is selected from the group consisting of sodium starch glycolate, crospovidone, and croscarmellose sodium.

15. A therapeutic pharmaceutical composition comprising: a mixture including

(a) oxycodone hydrochloride;

(b) a gel-forming polymer in an amount of about 3 to about 40 wt %;

(c) a disintegrant; and

(d) a surfactant;

wherein the disintegrant is present in an amount sufficient to cause the pharmaceutical composition to exhibit an immediate release profile.

16. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 15 , wherein the pharmaceutical composition is in unit dose form.

17. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 15 , wherein the pharmaceutical composition is in suppository, capsule, caplet, pill, gel, soft gelatin capsule, or compressed tablet form.

18. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 15 , wherein the oxycodone hydrochloride is present in an amount of 0.5 to about 25 wt % of the composition.

19. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 15 , wherein the disintegrant is present in an amount of about 2 to about 25 wt % of the composition.

20. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 15 , wherein the surfactant is present in an amount of about 1 to about 10 wt % of the composition.

21. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 15 , wherein the disintegrant is selected from the group consisting of sodium starch glycolate, crospovidone, and croscarmellose sodium.

Assignments (8)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2019
From: ACURA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
To: SCHUTTE, JOHN
Reel/Frame 049649/0950 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2019
From: SCHUTTE, JOHN
To: ABUSE DETERRENT PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
Reel/Frame 049650/0104 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2018
From: OXFORD FINANCE LLC
To: ACURA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.; ACURA PHARMACEUTICALS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 047140/0800 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2017
From: ACURA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.; ACURA PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: OXFORD FINANCE LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 041623/0740 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY #14338143 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 033561 FRAME 0296. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE LICENSE. Recorded Feb 25, 2016
From: ACURA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
To: HIGHLAND PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES
Reel/Frame 038315/0279 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2015
From: KUMAR, VIJAI; DIXON, DAVID; TEWARI, DIVYA; WADGAONKAR, DILIP B.
To: HALSEY DRUG COMPANY, INC.
Reel/Frame 035987/0806 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 29, 2015
From: HALSEY DRUG COMPANY, INC.
To: ACURA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Reel/Frame 036034/0591 →
LICENSE Recorded Aug 19, 2014
From: ACURA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.; HIGHLAND PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
To: HIGHLAND PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
Reel/Frame 033561/0296 →