Patent ID: 9023401
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A solid oral controlled-release dosage form of hydrocodone, the dosage form comprising a plurality of multiparticulates comprising an amount of a hydrocodone bitartrate salt equivalent to from about 5 mg to about 60 mg of hydrocodone and a controlled release material, the plurality of multiparticulates compressed into a tablet, the dosage form providing a ratio of a plasma concentration of hydrocodone at the end of a dosing interval to a maximum plasma concentration of hydrocodone during the dosing interval of about 0.55 to about 1, and an effective pain relief over a period of time of about 12 hours or longer after administration to a human patient or a population of patients, an in-vitro release of hydrocodone when measured by the USP Basket method at 100 rpm in 700 ml aqueous buffer at a pH of 1.2 at 37° C. of from 10% to about 45% by weight hydrocodone released at 1 hour, wherein said hydrocodone bitartrate salt is the only active agent in the dosage form.