Abuse-resistant amphetamine prodrugs
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1. A method of treating a subject six to twelve years of age having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, said method comprising orally administering to said subject a pharmaceutically effective amount of L-lysine-d-amphetamine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
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Abstract
The invention describes compounds, compositions, and methods of using the same comprising a chemical moiety covalently attached to amphetamine. These compounds and compositions are useful for reducing or preventing abuse and overdose of amphetamine. These compounds and compositions find particular use in providing an abuse-resistant alternative treatment for certain disorders, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), ADD, narcolepsy, and obesity. Oral bioavailability of amphetamine is maintained at therapeutically useful doses. At higher doses bioavailability is substantially reduced, thereby providing a method of reducing oral abuse liability. Further, compounds and compositions of the invention decrease the bioavailability of amphetamine by parenteral routes, such as intravenous or intranasal administration, further limiting their abuse liability.
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- 1. A method of treating a subject six to twelve years of age having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, said method comprising orally administering to said subject a pharmaceutically effective amount of L-lysine-d-amphetamine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
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13. A method of treating symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in a subject six to twelve years of age in need thereof, said method comprising orally administering to said subject a pharmaceutically effective amount of L-lysine-d-amphetamine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof;
- whereby one or more of said symptoms diminish in said subject in a statistically significant amount as compared to a subject not receiving treatment of symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
- View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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