Invention Application
- Patent Title: Delivery of compounds for the treatment of migraine through an inhalation route
- Patent Title (中): 输送化合物用于通过吸入途径治疗偏头痛
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Application No.: US10154594Application Date: 2002-05-23
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Publication No.: US20030015190A1Publication Date: 2003-01-23
- Inventor: Joshua D. Rabinowitz , Alejandro C. Zaffaroni
- Main IPC: A61M011/00
- IPC: A61M011/00 ; A61M016/10

Abstract:
The present invention relates to the delivery of a migraine headache drug through an inhalation route. Specifically, it relates to aerosols containing a migraine headache drug that are used in inhalation therapy. In a composition aspect of the present invention, the aerosol comprises particles comprising at least 5 percent by weight of a migraine headache drug. In a method aspect of the present invention, a migraine headache drug is delivered to a mammal through an inhalation route. The method comprises: a) heating a composition, wherein the composition comprises at least 5 percent by weight of a migraine headache drug, to form a vapor; and, b) allowing the vapor to cool, thereby forming a condensation aerosol comprising particles, which is inhaled by the mammal. In a kit aspect of the present invention, a kit for delivering a migraine headache drug through an inhalation route to a mammal is provided which comprises: a) a composition comprising at least 5 percent by weight of a migraine headache drug; and, b) a device that forms a migraine headache drug containing aerosol from the composition, for inhalation by the mammal.
Public/Granted literature
- US06740309B2 Delivery of compounds for the treatment of migraine through an inhalation route Public/Granted day:2004-05-25
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