Intranasal Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms Comprising Naloxone
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an intranasal pharmaceutical dosage form comprising a dosing unit comprising naloxone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in an amount of equivalent to ≧0.5 mg naloxone HCl dissolved in an application fluid of a volume of ≦250 μl. Furthermore, the present invention relates to such an intranasal pharmaceutical dosage form for use in the treatment of opioid overdosing and/or at least one symptom thereof.
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1-21. -21. (canceled)
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22. An intranasal pharmaceutical dosage form comprising a dosing unit comprising naloxone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof dissolved in an application fluid of a volume of ≦
- about 250 μ
l or ≦
about 200 μ
l, wherein the dosage from includes naloxone in an amount equivalent to from about 0.65 mg naloxone HCl to about 0.8 mg naloxone HCl or an amount equivalent to from about 1.3 mg naloxone HCl to about 1.6 mg naloxone HCl. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
- about 250 μ
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28. A method of treating opioid overdosing or at least one symptom thereof, the method comprising administering to a patient in need there of an effective amount of an intranasal pharmaceutical dosage form, the dosage form comprising naloxone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof dissolved in an application fluid, wherein an amount equivalent to from about 1.3 mg naloxone HCl to about 1.6 mg naloxone HCl is administered intranasally, wherein said amount is provided by administration to one nostril or wherein said amount is provided by administration to two nostrils, and wherein the volume of the application fluid per nostril is ≦
- about 250 μ
l or ≦
about 200 μ
l. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
- about 250 μ
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