Method for administering an NMDA receptor antagonist to a subject
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1. A method of treating a patient with a neurological disorder selected from the group consisting of Alzheimer'"'"'s disease, dementia, Parkinson'"'"'s disease, and neuropathic pain, comprising:
- administering to said subject once daily a sustained release oral dosage form comprising 22.5 mg to 30 mg of memantine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a component that sustains release of said memantine or salt thereof,wherein said sustained release memantine provides a change in mean plasma concentration of memantine as a function of time (dC/dT) that is;
(a) less than about 50% of the dC/dT provided by the same quantity of an immediate release form of memantine, determined in a time period between 0-Tmax of the immediate release form of memantine; and
(b) 2.1 ng/ml/hr or less, determined in a time period of 0 to 4 hours;
wherein dC/dT is measured in a single-dose human PK study.
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Abstract
The invention provides methods for administering memantine to a subject. Memantine in an extended release form containing 22.5 to 30 mg memantine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt is administered to a patient suffering from a neurological condition, such as Alzheimer'"'"'s disease, Parkinson'"'"'s disease or dementia. The extended release form achieves particular pharmacokinetic criteria such as change in plasma concentration of memantine over time and ratio of maximum memantine plasma concentration to mean memantine plasma concentration.
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1. A method of treating a patient with a neurological disorder selected from the group consisting of Alzheimer'"'"'s disease, dementia, Parkinson'"'"'s disease, and neuropathic pain, comprising:
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administering to said subject once daily a sustained release oral dosage form comprising 22.5 mg to 30 mg of memantine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a component that sustains release of said memantine or salt thereof, wherein said sustained release memantine provides a change in mean plasma concentration of memantine as a function of time (dC/dT) that is;
(a) less than about 50% of the dC/dT provided by the same quantity of an immediate release form of memantine, determined in a time period between 0-Tmax of the immediate release form of memantine; and
(b) 2.1 ng/ml/hr or less, determined in a time period of 0 to 4 hours;
wherein dC/dT is measured in a single-dose human PK study. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of treating a patient with a neurological disorder selected from the group consisting of Alzheimer'"'"'s disease, dementia, Parkinson'"'"'s disease, and neuropathic pain, comprising:
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administering to said subject once daily a sustained release oral dosage form comprising 22.5 mg to 30 mg of memantine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a component that sustains release of said memantine or salt thereof, wherein said sustained release memantine provides a change in mean plasma concentration of memantine as a function of time (dC/dT) that is;
(a) less than about 50% of the dC/dT provided by the same quantity of an immediate release form of memantine, determined in a time period between 0 hours and 6 hours of administration of memantine; and
(b) 2.1 ng/ml/hr or less, determined in a time period of 0 to 4 hours;
wherein dC/dT is measured in a single-dose human PK study. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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