Patent ID: 6428529
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: A61K,A61P,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for epidural administration to a vertebrate of a therapeutic compound comprising encapsulating a therapeutic compound in a drug delivery system having a sustained release rate of the compound from about 2 to about 7 days, and introducing the drug delivery system in a single epidural dose to the vertebrate, wherein the drug delivery system comprises multivesicular liposomes produced from the group consisting of egg phosphatidylcholines, dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholines, distearoylphosphatidylcholines, dioleoylphosphatidylcholines, dipalmitoylphosphatidylglycerols, dioleoyl-phosphatidylglycerols, and suitable combinations thereof.