Dosage forms containing a PPI, NSAID, and buffer

• US 20040121004A1
• Filed: 12/20/2002
• Published: 06/24/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: TAP Pharmaceutical Products Incorporated, The Procter & Gamble Company
• Original Assignee: TAP Pharmaceutical Products Incorporated
• Inventors: Taneja, Rajneesh
• Application Number:
  US10/325,338
• Publication Number:
  US 20040121004A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 424/465
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Abstract

Provided herein, are dosage forms comprising an NSAID, a buffer and a PPI, as well as methods of treating various maladies using the above dosage form.

Claims

1. A non-enterically coated dosage form comprising:

a) a proton pump inhibitor;

b) a buffer; and

c) a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug.

2. The dosage form of claim 1 wherein the buffer is selected from the group consisting of a water soluble buffer, a water insoluble buffer, and a combination of a water soluble buffer and a water insoluble buffer.

3. The dosage form of claim 1 wherein the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug is aspirin.

4. The dosage form of claim 3 wherein the proton pump inhibitor is lansoprazole.

5. The dosage form of claim 4 wherein the dosage form comprises aspirin at an amount between 50 mg and 100 mg.

6. A method of treating a condition selected from the group consisting of angina, aorto-pulmonary shunt occlusion, colorectal cancer, esophageal cancer, colon cancer, coronary artery disease, dementia, dysmenorrhea, myocardial infarction, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, pain, headache, migraine headache, stroke, thrombocythemia, post-operative thrombeoembolism, ischemia, bursitis, cognative decline, fever, gout, musculoskelatal disorders, soft tissue injury, and pericarditis;

wherein the method comprises administering to a patient having one or more of the above conditions a non-enterically coated dosage form comprising a buffer, a proton pump inhibitor, and a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug.

7. A method of protecting the gastrointestinal tract from NSAID therapy comprising administering a NSAID in combination with a buffer and a PPI wherein the NSAID, PPI and buffer comprise a single non-enterically coated dosage form.