Biosynchronous transdermal drug delivery for longevity, anti-aging, fatigue management, obesity, weight loss, weight management, delivery of nutraceuticals, and the treatment of hyperglycemia, alzheimer's disease, sleep disorders, parkinson's disease, AIDs, epilepsy, attention deficit disorder, nicotine addiction, cancer, headache and pain control, asthma, angina, hypertension, depression, cold, flu and the like
Systems and methods for longevity, anti-aging, fatigue management, obesity, weight loss, weight management, delivery of nutraceuticals, and treating hyperglycemia, Alzheimer's disease, sleep disorders, Parkinson's disease, Attention Deficit Disorder and nicotine addiction involve synchronizing and tailoring the administration of nutraceuticals, medications and other substances in accordance with the body's natural circadian rhythms, meal times and other factors. Improved control of blood glucose levels, extended alertness, and weight control, and counteracting of disease symptoms when they are at their worst are possible. An automated, pre-programmable transdermal administration system is used to provide pulsed doses of medications, pharmaceuticals, hormones, neuropeptides, anorexigens, pro-drugs, stimulants, nutraceuticals, phytochemicals, phytonutrients, enzymes, antioxidants, essential oils, fatty acids, minerals, vitamins, amino acids, coenzymes, or other physiological active ingredient or precursor. The system can utilize a pump, pressurized reservoir, a system for removing depleted carrier solution, or other modulated dispensing actuator, in conjunction with porous membranes or micro-fabricated structures.
1. A method for treating a human with Parkinson's disease comprising:
delivering an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) for treating Parkinson's disease, symptoms associated with Parkinson's disease, or symptoms associated with treatments for Parkinson's disease dissolved in a solvent to a skin-interface membrane of a transdermal drug delivery device coupled to a skin of the human;
absorbing the active pharmaceutical ingredient from the skin-interface membrane transdermally into the human; and
moving solvent from the skin-interface membrane through an evaporation channel of the transdermal drug delivery device.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the API comprises one or more of the following: dopamine precursors, dopa decarboxylase inhibitors, Levodopa/carbidopa mixtures, Levodopa/carbidopa/entacapone mixtures, Levodopa/benserazide mixtures, dopamine agonists, anticholinergics, MAO-B inhibitors, COMT inhibitors, dopaminergic agonists, Ampakines Istradefylline (KW-6002), S-(−)-2-(N-propyl-N-2-thienylethylamino)-5-hydroxytetralin (N-0923), Sarizotan, bornaprine, budipine, ethopropazine, lazabemide, memantine, modafinil, talampanel, altinicline, brasofensine, safinamide, droxidopa, quinagolide, terguride, riluzole, talipexole, piroheptine, bifeprunox, spheramine, sumanirole, lisuride hydrogen maleateor, and orphenadrine.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the API comprises levodopa.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the API includes a Levodopa/carbidopa mixture, Levodopa/carbidopa/entacapone mixture, or Levodopa/benserazide mixture.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the API comprises one or more of the following: Carbidopa, bromocriptine, pergolide, pramipexole, rotigotine, ropinirole, cabergoline, apomorphine, lisuride, piribedil, selegiline, Amantadine, memantine, and safinamide.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further includes moving solvent from the skin-interface membrane into a solvent removal element, and wherein the solvent removal element comprises a desiccant, absorbent material, or hydrophilic material.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein delivering the API dissolved in the solvent to the skin-interface membrane of the transdermal drug delivery device coupled to the human includes delivering the API at a time, rate, sequence and/or cycle that is synchronized with a biological rhythm of the human.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein delivering the API dissolved in the solvent to the skin-interface membrane of the transdermal drug delivery device coupled to the human includes delivering the API at a time, rate, sequence and/or cycle that is selected to reduce dyskinesia in the human.
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: repeating the delivering, absorbing and moving steps to modulate and control dosing to create a consistently therapeutically effective blood plasma concentration of the active pharmaceutical ingredient in the human.
10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: repeating the delivering, absorbing and moving steps to modulate and control dosing to create a plurality of active pharmaceutical ingredient blood plasma concentration peaks and troughs in the human.
11. The method of claim 2 , wherein the API further comprises levodopa.
12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the API includes levodopa and the peaks and troughs of the blood plasma concentration of levodopa are between about 1.4 to about 2.0 μg/ml.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the API is for a purpose of treating dyskinesia.
14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: removing the transdermal drug delivery device after contacting the skin for greater than 24 hours.
15. The method of claim 1 , wherein delivering the API dissolved in the solvent to the skin-interface membrane of the transdermal drug delivery device coupled to the skin of the human is performed immediately before the human wakes up.
16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transdermal drug delivery device includes a reservoir with the API dissolved in the solvent and further comprising: moving a portion of the API dissolved in the solvent from the reservoir to the skin-interface membrane.
17. The method of claim 1 , wherein delivering the API dissolved in the solvent to the skin-interface membrane of the transdermal drug delivery device coupled to the skin of the human begins during a one hour period immediately prior to the human's waking to transdermally administer the API to the human.
18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the delivery step comprises delivering a first dosage of API to the human to raise the human's blood plasma concentration of API from a first level to a second level higher than the first level.
19. The method of claim 18 wherein the first dosage is delivered while the human is asleep.
20. The method of claim 18 , wherein delivering the first dosage of API to the human is at a time around 7:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
21. The method of claim 18 , wherein delivering the first dosage of API to the human is at a time around 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
22. The method of claim 18 , wherein the delivery step further comprises reducing or stopping delivery of API to the human to reduce the human's blood plasma concentration of API from the second level to a third level lower than the second level, then delivering a second dosage of API to the human to increase the human's blood plasma concentration of API from the third level to a fourth level higher than the third level.
23. The method of claim 22 , wherein the second dosage of API to the human is at a time around 1:00 p.m. to about 3:00 p.m.
24. The method of claim 22 , wherein the second dosage of API to the human is at a time around 3:00 p.m. to about 5:00 p.m.
25. The method of claim 22 , wherein the delivery step further comprises reducing or stopping delivery of API to the human to reduce the human's blood plasma concentration of API from the fourth level to a fifth level lower than the fourth level, then delivering a third dosage of API to the human to increase the human's blood plasma concentration of API from the fifth level to a sixth level higher than the fifth level.
26. The method of claim 25 , wherein the third dosage of API to the human is at a time around 6:00 p.m. to about 8:00 p.m.
27. The method of claim 25 , wherein the API comprises Levodopa.