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Methods and compositions for reducing the risk associated with the administration of opioid analgesics in patients with diagnosed or undiagnosed respiratory illness

  • US 20070031489A1
  • Filed: 10/06/2006
  • Published: 02/08/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of minimizing the risk of developing sleep apnea in susceptible patients treated for the alleviation or prevention of pain, wherein the method comprises the step of administering an analgesic composition comprising a sub-analgesic dosage of a p-opioid agonist selected from the group consisting of morphine, fentanyl, sufentanil, alfentanil, oxymorphone and hydromorphone, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a sub-analgesic dosage of oxycodone, a κ

  • 2-opioid agonist, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

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